Motala, a
phang
or female elephant that has received a prosthesis at the FAE Foundation, better
known as Friends of the
Asian Elephant, which has a program
similar to that of the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage near Kegalle, in Sri lanka (fig.).
This charity
in
Lampang
operates a hospital facility,
that cares for sick, wounded, pregnant and frail
elephants, such as this mother with her premature,
newborn calf.