Chained-up baby elephant who was ripped from his mom gets the best new home — and meets another rescued elephant who insists on being his mama
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00:00I know. I know.
00:04Good boy, sweetheart.
00:07My heart broke for him.
00:09He was staying on a daily basis,
00:11with the pen chained up all day and just getting fed,
00:14just waiting for tourists to get him some food.
00:16His mental health was definitely compromised
00:19from his captive situation.
00:21After taking three weeks to raise the money
00:29in collaboration with Planting Peace,
00:31it was time to transport Mongkorn to Sanctuary.
00:34We went to the supermarket and loaded up on
00:36fruits and veggies.
00:38What's up guys, we're here with the truck
00:40that we're going to unload Mongkorn.
00:43We got him after midnight.
00:44We arrive into this park to get him in the depths,
00:47the dark.
00:48Good boy, yay.
00:52He's there, he just came in, no problem.
00:55And yeah, we're good to go.
00:58It's the last stop and he's not happy.
01:00He's really, really upset.
01:03He was slamming his trunk against the side of the truck.
01:06He was stamping his feet.
01:08You can't explain to them,
01:09there's light at the end of this tunnel,
01:11we're bringing you some more powder.
01:13I think two more hours.
01:15We've got to go stop and give him some more food now
01:17in about 20 minutes.
01:18We're just picking up some more fruits, right,
01:21for Mongkorn because he's a little bit hungry
01:23and he's being a bit fussy.
01:25I don't know if he was eating it
01:26or throwing it out of the truck,
01:27but the food was disappearing.
01:30He's going to be so happy when he gets home.
01:32I hope so.
01:37Bye, baby.
01:42The journey was 16 hours.
01:43We were all in a little van following him
01:45behind the whole time.
01:46It was a long journey,
01:47but so worth it because he's gone to exactly
01:50where he needed to go.
01:56It was a really cool moment
01:57to get him out of the truck after such a long journey.
02:03He went from psychopathic in the truck
02:05to just like walk down to the side
02:09where they had this little buffet waiting for him.
02:14When you take off chain, Mongkorn is like,
02:16why take chain?
02:19We let them walk free with another elephant.
02:23He really looked like a little baby
02:25with all these other big elephants around him.
02:27It's amazing.
02:34At that round, she's like the second mom.
02:41There are certain females
02:42that will take on that role of a nanny.
02:44They will come in and literally help raise the young.
02:48He's really lucky to have her.
02:50He'll learn a lot from her.
02:52It's lovely to see.
02:54He's a very, very happy baby elephant.