Elephant Shot in the Head Walks Up to Truck to Ask For Help
Elephant Shot in the Head Walks Up to Truck to Ask For Help
An elephant shot in the forehead wandered around a Zimbabwe park for weeks with a massive hole before help could arrive. When it did, he motioned for assistance.
The elephant, named Pretty Boy, was shot in the forehead, which experts described as "too high for a 'kill shot.'"
When
helped arrived inside Mana Pools National Park, Pretty Boy walked right
up to veterinarians Dr. Keith Dutlow and Dr. Lisa Marabini for aide,
according to AWARE’s Facebook page.
The two vets from AWARE (Animal and Wildlife Area Research and Rehabilitation Trust), examined the elephant on June 13.
They tranquilized Pretty Boy so they could take X-ray’s and get a better understanding of what was going on in his head.
The vets discovered that the bullet was lodged just 5 centimeters from the open wound in his forehead.
They
wrote on Facebook: “The X-ray, which in our opinion, confirms the
presence of a 'mushroomed' bullet that has glanced off the skull and
lodged under the sk
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