Our next stop was Pinnawela. The elephant orphanage here is one of its kind in the world.
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| Among the Giants |
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| Minefield victim |
The inhabitants are the sick, orphaned, wounded and maimed. Take the three legged jumbo, for example. He lost his leg in a mine field blast a few years ago. Unable to survive in the wild, he was brought here to be nursed back to health. He even had a prosthesis fixed up using the funds donated by a wealthy European. Unfortunately, the leg didn’t stay put. Now, he manages with a limp.
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| Fun and frolic in the river |
There are 70 odd elephants in the orphanage.The funds for the food, hygiene, and health requirements are generated from the entrance fees of the place and from the sale of exquisite craft products such as paper, coasters, elephant figurines etc. made from, hold your breath, elephant dung!
For more Pics visit : ElephantOrphanage and ElephantDungShop
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1 comment:
Did you buy any exquisite crafts to fund these poor elephants?? ;)
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