Broken, Injured Elephant ‘Waiting for Death’ Rescued From the Horrors of Logging Industry

Broken, Injured Elephant ‘Waiting for Death’ Rescued From the Horrors of Logging Industry
Courtesy of Lek Chailert/Save Elephant Foundation
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Looking aged and beyond her years, Mae Mai, a 30-year-old elephant, still bears the scars of her crippling former life as a logging elephant. Rescued by a nonprofit in Thailand, she is both emblematic of an ongoing crisis and a beacon of hope for others as she recovers in safe surrounds.