Raising Your Own Elephant

Jenny Webb is raising an orphaned elephant. She says it's like raising kids (a 220 pound kid), who is bottle-fed 6 gallons of coconut formula a day.

The elephant's mother was likely the victim of poachers.

Here's Jenny and Moses.

And the website of Jenny's new Jumbo Foundation -- dedicated to raising orphaned animals.

http://www.jumbofoundation.com/

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Alex Boese Alex is the creator and curator of the Museum of Hoaxes. He's also the author of various weird, non-fiction, science-themed books such as Elephants on Acid and Psychedelic Apes. Paul Di Filippo Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over forty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. Contact Us

Posted By: gdanea - Wed Oct 17, 2012
Category: Animals

Comments

Aww poor baby! So sad he lost his mom.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/17/12 at 11:49 PM

Does he get to get up on the bed?

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/18/12 at 12:34 AM

Expat -- I saw this in the Washington Post, and yes, he does get to get into bed

Posted by odschneider on 10/18/12 at 09:19 AM

I hope the bed has good springs!

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/18/12 at 10:48 AM

What an awesome lady! I wish their were three billion more just like her...

Posted by Dimitri on 10/18/12 at 06:02 PM

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