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Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage, Sri Lanka

Government sponsored orphanage for injured or abandoned elephants. There appears to be around 60 elephants here in various states, from the youngest at around one month old- lost by its mother after a wild animal attacked it,to one very much in its dotage and almost totally blind.

It is a great tourist attraction, but also carries out a very worthwhile function, as most of its habitants would not survive otherwise.
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flies on a pool of water!
flies on a pool of water!
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about 1 year old
about 1 year old
old and almost blind
old and almost blind
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very sociable baby
very sociable baby
saying hello
saying hello
We'll take her home
We'll take her home
please can I have that branch?
please can I have that branch?
one month old
one month old
with her foster mother
with her foster mother
dinner
dinner
dinner 2
dinner 2
spoilt child
spoilt child
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elephant bath
elephant bath
daily ablutions
daily ablutions
front row seats
front row seats
cool!
cool!
back home
back home