Posted on 07/09/2014 10:59:11 AM PDT by Red Badger
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Incredible sight of the elephant that cried: Raju was held in chains, beaten and abused for fifty years and on the day he was released tears rolled down his face
Raju was held in chains for more than 50 years after being poached in India The animal bled from spiked shackles and lived on hand-outs from tourists Team from North London charity Wildlife SOS travelled to India to free animal Raju cried tears of joy after being freed from suffering on American Independence Day Five-and-a-half tonne animal driven 350 miles away to safe conservation area
These incredible pictures show the moment an elephant who was held in chains and beaten and abused for fifty years cried as he was released to freedom.
Raju the elephant was left bleeding from spiked shackles and living on hand-outs from passing tourists after he was captured and tied up by his ‘owner’.
But, after 50 years of torture, the animal cried tears of relief after he was rescued by a wildlife charity in a daring midnight operation – fittingly on American Independence Day.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
If you had a little more humanity in you, perhaps you would realize that all living things have a soul, a behavior mechanism. There are many that feel pain and understand far more about compassion than you could even imagine. So, perhaps we should project animalism upon you rather than embarrass you with stories of compassion and love extended.
Animals CAN bring love to people; it isn’t just imaginary.
Why. We project human qualities on humans that have none. I would bet the elephant has more human qualities than most of the Obama voters.
“Well, holy scripture views most, but not all, animals as a kind of “nephesh.” This is a word meaning soul.”
I have read that. But it more closely refers to ‘life’ itself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_in_the_Bible
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