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Created 05 September 2014

This is a sad story that teaches us a few lessons - how one survivor, one little baby elephant, was rescuded, yet later died from the traumatic massacre he was taken from. What happened and Why?

 

 

Read the source article here: The elephant that flew

Never give cow's milk to an elephant - cow's milk is actually toxic for baby elephants, causing severe diarrhoea.

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The massacre that occured was described in an article by the Guardian last year at the time of the event. To consult the story, please read:

86 elephants killed in Chad poaching massacre

Poachers in south-west Chad have killed at least 86 elephants including 33 pregnant females in less than a week, in a potentially devastating blow to one of central Africa's last remaining elephant populations.

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by Celeste Hicks (theguardian.com),Tuesday 19 March 2013 17.46 GMT