Snapshot Serengeti Talk

Horrible injury (not for the sensitive)

  • parsfan by parsfan

    This poor elephant's trunk.
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    Has it perhaps been caught in a wire snare? If so, poachers are evil, there are no words to express my disgust.

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  • areinders by areinders moderator

    Yikes, that does look like a nasty injury.

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  • zebedy1 by zebedy1

    Ouch. I 'knew' an elephant in Kruger park (known as stumpy) who lost the end of his trunk after it was caught in a snare. He survived for at least 10 years after however it did affect his health as he was not so dextrous with his trunk so it impacted his diet and he used to suffer with diarrhoea frequently.
    Poor thing

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