Rejected by her mother, baby elephant Linh Mai is thriving with her keepers and her aunties
When baby elephant Linh Mai's mother behaved aggressively toward her at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., keepers stepped in with round-the-clock care. The zoo staffed up to hand-raise the 1,000-pound (about 450-kg) calf, feeding her a special formula imported from Australia while making sure she still bonds with the other elephants in her herd. Chief keeper Robbie Clark told WBUR's Scott Tong that after a scary first few weeks, Linh Mai is now 'thriving' with her elephant aunties and her human caregivers.
The upbeat factorwhen a mother elephant turned away, a whole zoo stepped in as family.
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