Lifelong promise from Mama Soraida to her elephant friends

STORY: Lifelong promise from Mama Soraida to her elephant friends DATELINE: Aug. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:19 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. cutaways of elephant hospital 2. Soraida Salwala and elephant 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SORAIDA SALWALA, Founder of Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Hospital 4. hospital Staff taking care of Mosha (an elephant) 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SORAIDA SALWALA, Founder of Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Hospital 6. Soraida Salwala and elephant STORYLINE: Over two decades ago, an Asian elephant named Motala stepped on a landmine and got her left front leg seriously injured. She limped for three days before she was rescued by a special hospital in Thailand. Fitted with a prosthetic leg, she was taken care of for over 20 years. Every morning and afternoon, 61-year-old Motala walks around the lawn outside her tent for a while. Deep in the forest of Lampang province in northern Thailand, the hospital, named Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE),

THAILAND-LAMPANG-ELEPHANT HOSPITAL

THAILAND-LAMPANG-ELEPHANT HOSPITAL

(220812) -- LAMPANG, Aug. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Soraida Salwala tends an injured elephant at the "Friends of the Asian Elephant" elephant hospital in Lampang, Thailand, on Aug. 6, 2022. Deep in the forest of Lampang province in northern Thailand, the hospital, named Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE), is the first hospital in the world dedicated to treating injured elephants. Since its establishment in 1993, the hospital has saved more than 5,000 elephants with illnesses varying from diarrhoea to eye diseases and injuries through car accidents or mine explosions. TO GO WITH "Feature: Lifelong promise from Mama Soraida to her elephant friends" (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

THAILAND-LAMPANG-ELEPHANT HOSPITAL

THAILAND-LAMPANG-ELEPHANT HOSPITAL

(220812) -- LAMPANG, Aug. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Soraida Salwala introduces prosthetic legs made for elephants at the "Friends of the Asian Elephant" elephant hospital in Lampang, Thailand, on Aug. 6, 2022. Deep in the forest of Lampang province in northern Thailand, the hospital, named Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE), is the first hospital in the world dedicated to treating injured elephants. Since its establishment in 1993, the hospital has saved more than 5,000 elephants with illnesses varying from diarrhoea to eye diseases and injuries through car accidents or mine explosions. TO GO WITH "Feature: Lifelong promise from Mama Soraida to her elephant friends" (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

THAILAND-LAMPANG-ELEPHANT HOSPITAL

THAILAND-LAMPANG-ELEPHANT HOSPITAL

(220812) -- LAMPANG, Aug. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Soraida Salwala tends an injured elephant at the "Friends of the Asian Elephant" elephant hospital in Lampang, Thailand, on Aug. 6, 2022. Deep in the forest of Lampang province in northern Thailand, the hospital, named Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE), is the first hospital in the world dedicated to treating injured elephants. Since its establishment in 1993, the hospital has saved more than 5,000 elephants with illnesses varying from diarrhoea to eye diseases and injuries through car accidents or mine explosions. TO GO WITH "Feature: Lifelong promise from Mama Soraida to her elephant friends" (Xinhua/Wang Teng)