Touched by a Wounded Elephant
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Solfarina’s meeting with Dita, a female elephant with a limp, changed her life. Solfarina and Rimba Satwa have served as a shield that protects the elephants in Sumatra’s forests.
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AFTER walking for only 500 meters from the entrance of the Petani village forest in Bengkalis Regency, Riau, the group of hikers from Hipam—a community of environmental activists—saw an elephant stooped behind an acacia tree. Its head was lowered, its rear pointing up. When the elephant, which was six times the size of a person, began to walk, it was slow and limping. There was an open wound on its front leg.
Solfarina, a senior memb
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