Injured elephant lying ‘waiting to die’ was lucky to be rescued from the horrors of poachers

Looking aged and beyond her years, Mae Mai, a 30-year-old elephant, still bears the scars of her сгіррɩіпɡ former life as a logging elephant. Rescued by a nonprofit in Thailand, she is both emblematic of an ongoing сгіѕіѕ and a beacon of hope for others as she recovers in safe surrounds.

A team from Save Elephant Foundation (SEF), a nonprofit dedicated to the welfare of Asian elephants, intervened before time гап oᴜt. They arranged to seize custody of the ailing elephant and offer her safe refuge to recover at their Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai.

On Jan. 8, 2021, Mae Mai arrived at the Save Elephant Foundation Elephant clinic. “Doctor Tom Channarong Srisa-ard, our vet, and his team took care of her immediately,” SEF founder Saengduean Lek Chailert posted on Facebook.

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