Paichit – the baby elephant saved from a palm oil plantation in Indonesia
by Kate Lamb in Indonesia from on (#2G1F0)
Orphaned at a few months old and nursed back to health by a local wildlife centre, Paichit's story has serious implications for critically endangered Sumatran elephants
Pushing on 400 kilograms, baby Paichit knows when it's feeding time.
He lets out an appreciative bellow, a rumbling baby elephant purr from his patch in the Sumatran jungle, as soon as his mahout (keeper) Julkarnaini approaches bucket in hand.
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