THESE ELEPHANT ORPHANS HAVE BRITISH NANNIES

British women cosseting, feeding and even burping Africa's orphan elephants 

 

They clean, feed and even sleep next to the young animals who have either been left orphaned or rejected by their mothers.  (Baby elephants left to sleep alone can die of emotional distress.)

 

"You can’t help but build up such a strong maternal bond with the baby elephants," says one of the nannies.   "Even once we began to reintroduce Fiela back into the elephant herd, as we have to do with all the orphans, whenever she saw any of us, she would run up and wrap her trunk around our legs, or start playing with our hair."

Read more and see lots of pictures of baby elephants with their nannies.  - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2396229/Baby-elephant-nannies-British-women-care-orphaned-animals.html

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