Hanging with the girls today at an all female elephant sanctuary, a place that rescues these big lugs from circuses or cruel ownership they literally breaks their backs. Two of them were pregnant, a two-year gestation, one a few months from giving birth.
I shared the day with a great British couple, Kirsten and Chris, along with our guide, who’s a third generation elephant keeper. He gave the three of us these poncho-type things. Not sure why, but we did as we were told.
Not only did we feed the ladies, but we dove in mud pools to bathe them. Heck, after a while, they were like family.