Elephant Calf Abandonment
I wonder if the council will let me adopt an elephant?
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Elephants are my favourite animal, I would love to adopt one if I could and currently adopt ones at my local zoo instead. Although its got to hurt when an elephant wants to lay down on you for cuddles.
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There's only one way to find out. Please keep us updated.
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But what would your dog say?
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Well I suppose Gus would need a bigger bed, there's no way an elephant will be able to share a 24"x16" basket with him. 🐕️🐘
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Elephants are my very favourite, apart from my dogs!
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Makes me wonder: the bigger the animal, the more love it spreads?
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An elephant spreads something anyway. 🤔
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Awww that's so sweet
Abandoning offspring is common though, especially in animals that don't have multiple children. They essentially are motivated by the survival of their genes, so if a sole offspring is unlikely to survive (and so succeed in passing on genes), and taking care of it costs too much or even risks the safety of the parents or wider pack, they'll make a difficult choice and hope to have more success next time
It's times like this it's good humans don't think so logically
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You will have to feed it - they do eat quite a lot - a fully grown male will eat around 150kg of grasses/leaves/tree bark and other vegetation every day - so if you live near a park, you may be OK.
Water too - around 100 litres per day - so your water bill is going up….
On the positive side - elephant poo is good for gardens but a bit smelly
Have you told your neighbours yet ? I would break it extremely gently to them.
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In the article, this particular calf had been unable to keep up with the herd, and the lacerations on it's body were caused by the desperate mother trying to drag her calf.
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I am afraid that's how nature is only the strong make in the wild its the natural way to ensure survival of the strongest gene pool
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The calf had congenital knee problems. We need to appreciate how lucky we are sometimes, as in a disability doesn't usually lead to abandonment.
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Ah i did read the post about it one saved out of a lot that do not make it to tusker size
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