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Daring midnight rescue operation to free Raju the elephant
- Published_at:2014-07-06
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Shazzy Mazzy
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- description: The dramatic release and rehabilitation of Raju the elephant held in chains for 50 years. Incredible view the elephant cried Raju held in chains, beaten and abused for fifty years and the day was put on freedom tears rolled down her face Raju was in chains over 50 years after being looted in India The animal was bleeding from the shackles of skewers and lived on handouts from tourists Team North London charity Wildlife SOS traveled to India to free animals Raju cried tears of joy after being freed from suffering in the Independence Day of America Five and a half ton animal driven 350 miles away from the secure storage area These amazing pictures show the moment an elephant held in chains and beaten and abused for fifty years wept when it was released to freedom. Raju elephant was bleeding from the shackles of skewers and living on handouts from passing tourists after it was captured and bound by his "owner". But after 50 years of torture, the animal cried tears of relief after she was rescued by a charity of wildlife in a daring midnight operation - appropriately in the American Independence Day. London-based charity Wildlife SOS North intervened to save Raju die in their bonds after learning of his situation in India. Every day, the majestic animal was required to hold his trunk and ask a few coins from passersby - surviving only on paper and plastic for food. However, last week, a 10 strong team of veterinarians and wildlife experts to charity 20 forest department officials and six policemen joined Raju to seize his suffering in the Uttar Pradesh India. The mission was carried out under the cover of darkness, as fewer people would be around for the dangerous rescue and animal could be protected from the scorching heat of the sun. Pooja Binepal spokesman UK charity, described the rescue as "very emotional" for the team. She said, "Raju has spent the last 50 years living a miserable existence in chains 24 hours a day, an act of intolerable cruelty. "The team were shocked to see tears roll down his cheeks during the rescue. It was so incredibly emotional for all of us. We knew in our hearts he realized he was being released. "Elephants are not only majestic, but they are very intelligent animals, which have been shown to have feelings of pain, so I can only imagine what torture than half a century has been to him. 'Until we entered he had never known what it feels like to walk free from their shackles - is a truly sad case. 'But today we know that freedom is and learn what kindness feels and how it feels to suffer no more. " The daring rescue came exactly one year after the day on which the charity is alerted to the plight of Raju by the Forest Department of Uttar Pradesh in India. A process of confiscation passed by the courts as the owner of Raju had no legal document in his possession, which means the charity could rescue the suffering. It is not known exactly how Raju came to their plight, since little about their early years is known, but the charity believes he was sacked from his mother as a young calf. Ms Binepal said: "Poachers kill either the mother or leading the pack into the traps that are small enough only for babies to fall into the mother cries for her son for several days after it has been stolen. - it is a nasty job. 'Calves are tied and beaten until they submit to their owners - their spirits are broken effectively. 'We discovered if Raju was particularly tragic. "I had been poached as a calf and then been sold and sold in the Incredibly believe that owners have had up to 27 -. Has been treated as a commodity every two years of his life. "By the time we found in July 2013 was in a pathetic state. Had no shelter at night, and was being used to support beg from dawn to dusk of tourist sites in India . 'It has not been fed properly and tourists began giving sweet food and that was in a state of hunger and exhaustion began to eat plastic and paper. 'Her nails are severely covered, have abscesses and injuries from the shackles and continually walking on a paved road has taken his foot pad overgrowth.' Once the warrant was finally issued, a team led by the founder of Wildlife SOS Kartick Satyanarayan conducted two days of surveillance before starting the rescue.
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