Orphaned Baby Elephant Gets the Warmest Welcome from Other Elephants After Being Rescued
An orphaned baby elephant finding comfort in a new herd is the kind of moment that stops you in your tracks. Dok Gaew, a young elephant rescued in Northern Thailand, arrived at Elephant Nature Park after losing his mother, and what happened next was unexpectedly moving.
The sanctuary, co-founded by Sangduen "Lek" Chailert, has long been a safe place for elephants in need, and this rescue brought Dok Gaew into a community of gentle giants. When the other elephants heard his cries, they rushed over to greet him, turning a difficult beginning into something far warmer.
His welcome says a lot without needing many words. Read on.
Meet Dok Gaew, the Young Giant.
Dok Gaew was just two years old when his mother passed away, leaving him orphaned in the wild. While we don't know how Dok Gaew's mother died, we do know that he was devastated, scared, and confused at the same time.
As you probably already know, elephants are social creatures, just like humans, and they are also extremely protective of their young, even if they belong to other elephant families.
Dok Gaew's Emotional Welcome
It wasn't long after his mother passed away that rescuers found him weeping and crying for her companionship. They understood the dangers he faced alone in the wild, so they brought him to the Elephant Nature Park.
Although the staff was concerned that the resident herd wouldn't accept him, they brought him in to help him feel safe. Little did they know that the elephants living at the park were overjoyed and gave him a welcome no one expected!
As soon as the elephants heard Dok Gaew's cries from across the fields, the entire herd ran to welcome him, as if to tell him that he was home. The staff and those who watched the video were in tears as the elephants' reaction to the orphaned young giant touched them deeply.
It is only natural, as I bet you've never seen anything as emotional as this before. They greeted him and made him feel better in their own beautiful way.
Check out Dok Gaew's warm welcome in the video below:
There's so much we can learn from animals if we only look harder. Had it not been for this video, we would have never known how gentle, caring, and loving elephants truly are.
Now that we've seen how gentle elephants are, we should do our part to save them from extinction. It's unfair to poach and kill an animal just to take what is rightfully theirs.
Here's hoping that this video helps create the awareness we need to save our animals from cruelty and death.
In the same kindhearted spirit, see how a forest guard carried a 100-kilogram baby elephant to safety after rescuing it.
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