Nature (PBS) - Shirley the Elephant (Part 1)

In 2000, "The Urban Elephant" brought viewers the touching story of Shirley and Jenny, two crippled elephants reunited at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee after a 22-year separation. The bonding was immediate, intense and unforgettable between the two former circus elephants. But long after the cameras were turned off, the wondrous moments would continue.

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• Solomon
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[beerasaurus]

annotation links are so hard to do.

[TheNurseJulie]

@beerasaurus Why does this video need annotation links?

[jtking2504]

The problem is that we humans are nowhere near as intelligent as we believe we are. These beautiful animals are highly intelligent, but just because they cannot speak, people assume they are not and treat them accordingly. It is human ignorance.

[endanimalneglect]

Solomon, what a kind soul you are. Bless you.

[yokie52]

What patience and love Solomon has shown Shirley. True love.

[lhenle55]

Oh and kudoz to Soloman!

[lhenle55]

@k3roj what makes u even think that other ppl even think like that?? Obama's not even African and the video says that shirly is Asian...also, its not about who the trainer is that makes the elephant sad, its the fact that there aren't any other elephants around...wow

[tamithomas]

just the idea of an asian animal being in america is wrong. any animal that is taken away from its origin is wrong.

[mcdclan231]

why do we think it is ok to remove animals from the wild and make them perform for our pleasure...it's just selfish on our part. A reason I have never, nor will I ever go to any circus in which animals are forced to perform.

[llel11]

this man is amazing. he really deserves credit for being such a compassionate handler

[jtking2504]

@Epsssssss, smiles at irony of your comment :)

[chaneymichaels]

wow... I used to feed shirley by hand whenI grew up in Ruston.

[williamwagener]

awesome.

[BarakaTheGreat]

@LoveStormyNights "How many humans can do that?" Plenty can, just because our social conformity is that of technology, doesn't mean the rest of the world is like that. There are plenty of Southern American tribes, African tribes, etc that are still pretty close to the roots of being completely dependent on survival and natural instinct.

( On a side note, usually when an animal gets sick/hurt it dies, because it has no way of understanding what is wrong with it)