Barbara Penley
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Barbara Penley saved Friends of the Asian Elephant Hospital in Hang Chat, Lampang, Thailand.
about 1 year ago
Resting a stump — Like Tory Braden FAE is the first hospital in the world for elephants, many of whom are landmine victims from logging in Burma, a land in and out of civil war. The medical staff is accomplished in amputations and they have become leaders in the development of prostheses. Unfortunately there are too many patients. Mosha, age six, rests her stump on a bar just for that purpose while she awaits the fitting of a new prosthesis, seen in the background. Then she can go and play. Soraida Salwala, Mother Theresa of the Elephants, founded the hospital and has worked tirelessly for their betterment. FAE is a place to recharge your belief in the goodness of mankind through the inspiration of both the staff and elephants. Their accomplishments have not come easy.
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about 1 year ago
Resting a stump FAE is the first hospital in the world for elephants, many of whom are landmine victims from logging in Burma, a land in and out of civil war. The medical staff is accomplished in amputations and they have become leaders in the development of prostheses. Unfortunately there are too many patients. Mosha, age six, rests her stump on a bar just for that purpose while she awaits the fitting of a new prosthesis, seen in the background. Then she can go and play. Soraida Salwala, Mother Theresa of the Elephants, founded the hospital and has worked tirelessly for their betterment. FAE is a place to recharge your belief in the goodness of mankind through the inspiration of both the staff and elephants. Their accomplishments have not come easy.
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about 1 year ago
Whispering into a Nap A fascinating place to visit and learn, Friends of the Elephant Hospital is not just a local institution, it is a national treasure since it is the first elephant hospital in the world. It gives free care to the elephants and runs solely on donations. It has been important to the training of students of veterinary medicine and world veterinarians, especially with amputations due to landmines still in the ground in Thailand and Burma. It has been a repository of learning for the development of prostheses to help elephants walk again. It is a respite and place of healing for the elephants with diseases, infections and intestinal stoppages. Perhaps more important the caregivers are a voice to the plights of elephants, making it an important institution not just to Thailand, but to the world. Here landmine victim Mosha is whispered into a nap by the sing-song voice of founder Soraida Sawala, while Mosha's dedicated caregiver watches over her.
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about 1 year ago
Resting a stump FAE is the first hospital in the world for elephants, many of whom are landmine victims from logging in Burma, a land in and out of civil war. The medical staff is accomplished in amputations and they have become leaders in the development of prostheses. Unfortunately there are too many patients. Mosha, age six, rests her stump on a bar just for that purpose while she awaits the fitting of a new prosthesis, seen in the background. Then she can go and play. Soraida Salwala, Mother Theresa of the Elephants, founded the hospital and has worked tirelessly for their betterment. FAE is a place to recharge your belief in the goodness of mankind through the inspiration of both the staff and elephants. Their accomplishments have not come easy.
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