A Heartwarming Moment When A Rescued Blind Elephant Is Happily Welcomed By The Herd In A Sanctuary
After the brain’s complexity, the eyes are the second most complex part of the body, and just one-sixth of the eye is exposed to the human world. Isn't it fascinating that human fingerprints contain 40 unique characteristics, while the eyes have 256?
You now understand why retina security scans are safer. Your eyes are a significant part of your well-being, and your vision is of paramount importance.
Many people depend on their eyes to see and navigate their environment, but this isn’t the case for Ploy Thong, the elephant. In one of the most wonderful displays of empathy that life has to offer, a rescued elephant receives a warm welcome she never expected at an elephant sanctuary in Thailand.
Before the 30-year-old female elephant was saved and brought to the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, she spent her entire life in a circus. Ploy Thong has one of the saddest stories.
Fortunately, it all came to an end when she was found and rescued by volunteers from the Save Elephant Foundation. For many years in the Pattaya district of Thailand, the gentle, blind animal carried tourists on her back.
All of this was against her will, but thankfully, everything is now in the past. Ploy Thong is now a resident of this caring elephant sanctuary.
Here is the gentle giant, Ploy Thong!
Not long after her arrival at the sanctuary, a particular scene was heartwarming to witness: the moment the herd welcomed Ploy Thong.
Totally unable to see, Ploy Thong began to send low vibrations to inform the group of elephants that she was nearby. What occurred next was one of the most heartwarming scenes I have ever witnessed, as the entire herd walked down to her and offered the rescued blind elephant a touch of their endless compassion.
A staff member from the Save Elephant Foundation mentioned that with both of her eyes blind, she carried tourists every day. "She was saddled early each morning and carried tourists until sunset. She did this by using her trunk to sniff the route while the rider sat on her back, but little did she know that her journey to freedom had begun."
The endearing moment was caught on camera!
She was lonely for most of her life, but the elephant received the warmest greeting from the herd at the sanctuary.
Watch the endearing moment below:
It only took a couple of minutes for the elephant to realize that she had arrived at a place where she found the affection and solace she had never experienced before.
It’s often said that we don’t know the value of what we have until we lose it, and this is quite true. We can only imagine what it would feel like to lose the sense of sight, to be aware that one would never see the light of day.
Then you might understand the plight of this elephant, who was still burdened with the responsibility of carrying tourists around in her visually impaired state.
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