by Windy Borman | Oct 20, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
Thai TV news features Motala, an elephant landmine survivor at the Friends of the Asian Elephant hospital in Lampang, Thailand, walking and putting a significant amount of her body weight onto her new prosthetic limb. This is a wonderful sign after a few issues with...
by Windy Borman | Sep 9, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from Soraida and FAE
Soraida emailed the following update on Baby Namfon, who was rejected by her mother and has been nursed at the FAE Elephant Hospital since this spring, and Motala, the elephant landmine survivor who received her her first prosthetic limb on August 15, 2009–10...
by Windy Borman | Aug 25, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from Soraida and FAE
Below is the email I received from Soraida Salwala, the Founder and Director of the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Elephant Hospital in Lampang, Thailand, regarding Motala, the elephant who receive her first prosthetic on August 16, 2009 after stepping on a...
by Windy Borman | Aug 23, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
I have received a few comments from people in the U.S. that they heard Motala’s first prosthesis broke. I can confirm that, yes, the prosthetic limb did break. It actually crumpled last week when she laid on it. The good news is Friends of the Asian Elephant...
by Windy Borman | Aug 16, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
Work on Motala’s prosthetic limb began at 9:00am this morning and shortly after lunch Motala took her first steps on her prosthetic limb. Soraida Salwala fed her small clumps of sugar cane and petted her trunk while the crew from the Prostheses Foundation first...
