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| Thai elephant gets artificial leg | Thai elephant gets artificial leg |
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| A 48-year-old Thai elephant has been fitted with an permanent artificial leg, 10 years after losing a limb from treading on a land mine. | |
| Motola was measured up at an elephant hospital on Saturday before experts made the leg and fitted it on Sunday. | |
| The elephant had been walking with the help of a temporary artificial leg made of canvas, the Associated Press news agency reports. | |
| A much younger elephant at the same hospital already has a false leg. | A much younger elephant at the same hospital already has a false leg. |
| Motola was injured in 1999 while working at a logging camp along the Thai-Burmese border. Her front left foot was so badly damaged it had to be amputated. | Motola was injured in 1999 while working at a logging camp along the Thai-Burmese border. Her front left foot was so badly damaged it had to be amputated. |
| Her permanent leg was made by the Prostheses Foundation. | |
| Motola and a three-year-old elephant, Mosha, have both been cared for by an elephant hospital run by the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE). | Motola and a three-year-old elephant, Mosha, have both been cared for by an elephant hospital run by the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE). |
| Mosha, who is three, lost part of her right front leg as a seven-month-old. Because Mosha is growing fast, she has already outgrown three of her prosthetic limbs. | Mosha, who is three, lost part of her right front leg as a seven-month-old. Because Mosha is growing fast, she has already outgrown three of her prosthetic limbs. |
| Thailand's borders with Burma and Cambodia are littered with unexploded landmines, the result of decades of conflict. | Thailand's borders with Burma and Cambodia are littered with unexploded landmines, the result of decades of conflict. |
| The FAE says many elephants, often domesticated ones used in the logging trade, are injured by mines every year as they work in remote forests close to the borders. | The FAE says many elephants, often domesticated ones used in the logging trade, are injured by mines every year as they work in remote forests close to the borders. |