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ORANGATUANG
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Hey girl if we ask Serena nicely she might be able to find that story and put some pics here of it ..
Nice happy ending story, Heather!ORANGATUANG said:
Thanks for bringing it up. Baby Elephant Rescued From Well In India
Animal Slipped Into 32-Foot Hole
POSTED: 2:50 pm EDT May 3, 2005
UPDATED: 2:54 pm EDT May 3, 2005
ILLITHODU, India -- Rescuers in India successfully pulled a baby elephant out of a 32-foot-deep well.
Success only came after hours of failed attempts by rescue workers and local villagers.
The female calf had slipped on rain-soaked land and fallen into the well late on Monday.
Her mother immediately let out a loud cry, alerting the villagers of her baby's fate. However, very few villagers dared to go near the panicked mother and waited until Tuesday morning to inform forest authorities.
Villagers believe the calf is part of a herd that had entered the village from a nearby forest range.
Initial attempts at pulling out the giant baby failed as the sides of the well were too steep.
Rescuers constantly poured buckets of water on the crying mammal to keep her calm and quench her thirst.
Finally, a group of men dug a slope into the well, threw a rope around the calf and helped her walk to safety.
A team of doctors immediately cared for the baby, which suffered from a slight leg injury and shock.
The baby elephant has now been taken to an elephant orphanage while officials attempt to locate her herd.
Elephants are deeply revered in India.
Amos Stevens
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This one Heather?
We have just retuned from a fantastic visit with Helen Worth to see the opening of the new intensive care unit and the delivery of the elephant ambulance. A team from Elephant.co.uk, Britannia, Kuoni, Land Rover, Sky Net and special guests came to witness the grand opening. When we were there Helen found a new friend, a baby elephant called Pinkie, whom she adored immediately. Two months ago Pinkie was found trapped down a well near the ETH.
http://www.bornfree.org.uk/elefriends/eth/eth02.shtml
We have just retuned from a fantastic visit with Helen Worth to see the opening of the new intensive care unit and the delivery of the elephant ambulance. A team from Elephant.co.uk, Britannia, Kuoni, Land Rover, Sky Net and special guests came to witness the grand opening. When we were there Helen found a new friend, a baby elephant called Pinkie, whom she adored immediately. Two months ago Pinkie was found trapped down a well near the ETH.
http://www.bornfree.org.uk/elefriends/eth/eth02.shtml
ORANGATUANG
Wildfire
Thanks Serena and Amos..just an little cutie iam so glad it came out of its ordeal ok..its great to see us humans do love and care about our animals no matter how big or small..
Amos Stevens
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Your'e welcome..Serena found a better article & photos ofcourse
ORANGATUANG
Wildfire
If it is possible Serena or Amos i saw on my news tonight that there has been an baby gorilla born in one of your zoos..i hate our news here because it doesnt explain things right sometimes..its the gorilla that went and picked up an boy who fell into the inclosure and the gorilla rocked him ..great if we can have pics?...thanks.
You come up with some of the nicest stories, Heather!ORANGATUANG said:
I hadn't read this yet--thanks.Brookfield's motherly gorilla has another baby of her own
May 6, 2005
Gorilla Binti Jua made worldwide news in 1996 when she gently picked up a 3-year-old who had fallen into her Brookfield Zoo exhibit. Some described it as an almost motherly kind of thing to do.
These days, Binti Jua has her own baby to take care of -- a 5-pound male born around 7:30 p.m. Monday.
On Thursday, the public and press got a look at the still-unnamed offspring, his tiny hands clinging to his mother's breasts, his peepers blinking curiously at photographers.
Binti Jua -- whose name means Daughter of Sunshine in Swahili -- took to her baby right away, said senior gorilla keeper Betty Green.
No surprise, perhaps. The newborn is Binti Jua's second offspring, and the 17-year-old gorilla has always had a caring demeanor, said Green.
That demeanor was demonstrated nine years ago when a boy clambered over a 3-1/2-foot-high rail and fell about 18 feet.
Boy revisits exhibit
"I can't say for sure why she picked up the boy. My view on it is [Binti Jua] seemed to really enjoy caring for babies. He was just another young thing she could hold,'' Green said of the boy.
In the incident, the boy was unconscious for 12 to 14 hours. He suffered a broken left hand, abrasions and a gash on the left side of his face.
The boy, now about 12, has quietly returned a few times to the gorilla exhibit, said Green. "He supposedly doesn't remember the incident,'' said Craig Demitros, lead keeper of Tropic World.
The baby gorilla was born off exhibit and without human assistance. Zookeepers discovered the newborn, still wet from birth, clinging to Binti Jua.
The pregnancy was textbook, officials said. The 81/2-month process began with Binti Jua initiating intercourse with the lead male, 37-year-old Ramar -- a foreplay that features the female tapping the male, throwing hay at him and then bending over.
In a first, zookeepers were able to monitor the baby gorilla's growth with an ultrasound machine. As is typical, Binti Jua finished her delivery, after 3-1/2 hours of labor, by eating the placenta. Another female gorilla, Bana, watched the delivery, Green said.
The birth has also paid off for Binti Jua in the social order of the zoo gorillas. She is allowed to get closer to Ramar, is allowed to eat sooner and now has taken a sitting position closer to the top of the artificial mountain where the gorillas spend their days, said Green.
"She kind of went front and center that first day,'' said Green.
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From Associated Press:
May 6, 2005
Former SF Zoo gorilla gives birth in suburban Chicago
Associated Press
BROOKFIELD, Ill. - A gorilla at a suburban Chicago zoo who showed off her maternal instincts when she cradled a toddler who fell into the exhibit has become a mother again.
Binti Jua, a western lowland gorilla, gave birth this week at Brookfield Zoo to a healthy baby, the zoo announced Thursday on its Web site.
Both the 17-year-old mother and newborn were doing well.
Binti, who was moved from the San Francisco Zoo to Brookfield in 1991 for breeding, gave birth to her only other baby in 1995. The new baby's father is 37-year-old Ramar, who has sired three gorillas since he came to Brookfield in 1998.
In 1996, Binti picked up a 3-year-old boy who fell into the gorilla exhibit and carried him to a doorway where zoo staff could reach him.
Binti was named one of People magazine's 25 "Most Intriguing People" of 1996 because of the incident.
Binti Jua, a 17-year-old western lowland gorilla, cradles her new baby Thursday, May 5, 2005, at Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. The 4-to-5 pound infant, born on Monday, May 2, has not been named and the sex has not yet been determined. Binti became world famous for picking up a child who fell into the gorilla exhibit and carrying him in a cradling fashion to a doorway where zoo staff could reach the boy.
Amos Stevens
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Thanks Serena for bringing up the articles..I remember the one from years back-good to see they did a follow up on the story.
Time for more animals in the news.
1) A Burmese cat named 'Doogal' is seen in this combo picture as it sits on a toilet in Sydney on May 3, 2005. Doogal's owner, Jo Lapidge, invented a toilet training system for cats called the 'Litter-Kwitter.' Lapidge said she was inspired by the cat 'Mr Jinks' in the Hollywood film 'Meet the Fockers,' and invented the toilet training system after teaching 'Doogal' how to use the loo.
2) A dog feeds two tiger cubs in a zoo in Hefei, east China's Anhui province in this picture taken on May 2, 2005. The tigers mother, who gave birth to the two cubs on May 1 is unable to produce enough milk and the zoo keepers found a dog to act as the wet nurse.
3) Tiberius sits on the throne after being crowned the winner of the 26th annual Drake Most Beautiful Bulldog Contest, Monday, April 25, 2005, in Des Moines, Iowa. Tiberius is owned by Karen and Phil Swift of Ankeny, Iowa. The pageant kicks off the Drake Relays festivities at Drake University where a bulldog is the mascot.
4) Three bored chimps : A chimpanzee yawns as two others nod-off while sitting in the sun at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney. April 26, 2005.
5) Quintuplet white tiger cubs, born a month ago, play at a zoo in Nanjing, in eastern China's Jiangsu province April 11, 2005. Their mother, Xingta, has given birth to 19 cubs in the last five years. This was the cubs first public appearance.
1) A Burmese cat named 'Doogal' is seen in this combo picture as it sits on a toilet in Sydney on May 3, 2005. Doogal's owner, Jo Lapidge, invented a toilet training system for cats called the 'Litter-Kwitter.' Lapidge said she was inspired by the cat 'Mr Jinks' in the Hollywood film 'Meet the Fockers,' and invented the toilet training system after teaching 'Doogal' how to use the loo.
2) A dog feeds two tiger cubs in a zoo in Hefei, east China's Anhui province in this picture taken on May 2, 2005. The tigers mother, who gave birth to the two cubs on May 1 is unable to produce enough milk and the zoo keepers found a dog to act as the wet nurse.
3) Tiberius sits on the throne after being crowned the winner of the 26th annual Drake Most Beautiful Bulldog Contest, Monday, April 25, 2005, in Des Moines, Iowa. Tiberius is owned by Karen and Phil Swift of Ankeny, Iowa. The pageant kicks off the Drake Relays festivities at Drake University where a bulldog is the mascot.
4) Three bored chimps : A chimpanzee yawns as two others nod-off while sitting in the sun at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney. April 26, 2005.
5) Quintuplet white tiger cubs, born a month ago, play at a zoo in Nanjing, in eastern China's Jiangsu province April 11, 2005. Their mother, Xingta, has given birth to 19 cubs in the last five years. This was the cubs first public appearance.
1) One-week-old saltwater crocodiles are held during feeding time at Sydney's Taronga Zoo April 18, 2005. The young crocodiles, which are currently about 20 cm (8 inches) long, will grow to an average size of about 5 m (16 feet) in just as many years depending on their diet, which consists of mainly meat.
2) Shinta, an endagered white Bengal tiger sits with one of her four newborn cubs, Tuesday, May 3, 2005, at Taman Safari Park in Cisarua Bogor, Indonesia. Shinta, 8, who gave birth to the cubs a week ago, was the first tiger bred and born in the safari park. Her parents were donated from the Minnesota Zoo in the United States.
3) Baby tigron : A four-day-old tigron cub, Samil, rests on the arm of its keeper at the Italian Circus in Vigo, northwestern Spain. Samil is a cross between a female tiger and a lion. April 29, 2005
4) Tomy, a white tiger and a notorious inhabitant of the Buenos Aires zoo, tries to open a present during the celebration of Argentine Animals Day at the zoo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday April, 29, 2005. Argentinians recognize Day of the Animal on April 29 of each year. The day honors the anniversary of the death of Don Ignacio Albarracin, a man who fought for a law to protect animals from abuse and hunting. Seventy-nine years after his death in 1926, the day still serves as a reminder to appreciate animals.
5) Maya, a young dotted jaguar, stands in the Nyiregyhaza Animal Park in Nyiregyhaza, 245 kms east of Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, April 28, 2005. It is the first jaguar to be born in a Hungarian zoo for twenty years. Maya's parents have black fur, but her fur will remain dotted according to experts of the zoo. The cub is raised by her mother only, the father is kept separated.
2) Shinta, an endagered white Bengal tiger sits with one of her four newborn cubs, Tuesday, May 3, 2005, at Taman Safari Park in Cisarua Bogor, Indonesia. Shinta, 8, who gave birth to the cubs a week ago, was the first tiger bred and born in the safari park. Her parents were donated from the Minnesota Zoo in the United States.
3) Baby tigron : A four-day-old tigron cub, Samil, rests on the arm of its keeper at the Italian Circus in Vigo, northwestern Spain. Samil is a cross between a female tiger and a lion. April 29, 2005
4) Tomy, a white tiger and a notorious inhabitant of the Buenos Aires zoo, tries to open a present during the celebration of Argentine Animals Day at the zoo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday April, 29, 2005. Argentinians recognize Day of the Animal on April 29 of each year. The day honors the anniversary of the death of Don Ignacio Albarracin, a man who fought for a law to protect animals from abuse and hunting. Seventy-nine years after his death in 1926, the day still serves as a reminder to appreciate animals.
5) Maya, a young dotted jaguar, stands in the Nyiregyhaza Animal Park in Nyiregyhaza, 245 kms east of Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, April 28, 2005. It is the first jaguar to be born in a Hungarian zoo for twenty years. Maya's parents have black fur, but her fur will remain dotted according to experts of the zoo. The cub is raised by her mother only, the father is kept separated.
ORANGATUANG
Wildfire
Hey Serena your welcome girl if i hear of other animal stories i shall let you know..i had to L.M.A.O. at that cat on the toilet seat..wonder if it learnt to flush..lol....
Amos Stevens
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Me want come baby alligators When they grow up I can send them to my friends!!!!!
Thanks Serena!
When they grow up I can send them to my friends!!!!!Thanks Serena!
Amos Stevens
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Someone sent this to me (minus photo)
> The photograph shows a red Doberman kissing an
> exhausted fireman. He had
> just saved her from a fire in her house, rescuing
> her by carrying her
>
> out of the house into her front yard, while he
> continued to fight the fire.
> She is pregnant. The firefighter was afraid of her
> at first, because he had
> never been around a Doberman before. When he finally
> got done putting the
> fire out, he sat down to catch his breath and rest.
> A photographer from the
> Charlotte, North Carolina newspaper, "The
> Observer, noticed this red Doberm
> an in the distance looking at the fireman. He saw
> her walking straight
> toward the fireman and wondered what she was going
> to do. As he raised his
> camera, she came up to the tired man who had saved
> her life and the lives of
> her babies, and kissed him, when the photographer
> snapped this photograph.
> The photograph shows a red Doberman kissing an
> exhausted fireman. He had
> just saved her from a fire in her house, rescuing
> her by carrying her
>
> out of the house into her front yard, while he
> continued to fight the fire.
> She is pregnant. The firefighter was afraid of her
> at first, because he had
> never been around a Doberman before. When he finally
> got done putting the
> fire out, he sat down to catch his breath and rest.
> A photographer from the
> Charlotte, North Carolina newspaper, "The
> Observer, noticed this red Doberm
> an in the distance looking at the fireman. He saw
> her walking straight
> toward the fireman and wondered what she was going
> to do. As he raised his
> camera, she came up to the tired man who had saved
> her life and the lives of
> her babies, and kissed him, when the photographer
> snapped this photograph.
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