I just saw a fantastic movie on PBS, “the Elephant Who Found a Mom.”  It is about a baby elephant orphan named Aisha and an amazing lady, Daphne Sheldrick, who became her foster mom.  Daphne has dedicated her life to saving elephants who are orphaned by poachers (click here for the link to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust).

Elephants are incredibly emotional.  They experience deep feelings of joy, anger, grief and love.  From what I saw in the movie, the maternal love of an elephant calf is on par with that of humans.  So that they don’t get lonely, keepers stay with the young elephants 24 hours a day, and rotate shifts to prevent the elephants from becoming too attached.  But for those keepers who love them the most, there develops a deep and special bond – they are the “elephant whisperers.”

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