Fake leg for landmine elephant
limpalong lump of a three-legged elephant is walking much more easily again after having an artificial limb attached.The new canvas leg was created for Mocha, a female elephant being cared for by Thai vets.The animal was severely injured when she stepped on a landmine at the Thai-Myanmar border, losing her front right leg in the blast.But now experts at the Friends of the Asian Elephant Hospital in northern Thailand's Lampang province have come to her aid - hoping she can soon be set safely free on her own four feet again.
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