BLIND ELEPHANT SURVIVES AFTER BEING HIT BY TRUCK (in Delhi)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Blind-elephant-survives-after-being-hit-by-truck/articleshow/6623228.cms
NEW DELHI: Even elephants need to tread with caution in Delhi's notorious traffic. Barely 24 hours after seven elephants were mowed down by a train in West Bengal, a blind tusker was hit by a speeding truck on Ring Road near the Kashmiri Gate ISBT late Thursday night. But unlike the wild herd, timely help by wildlife activists and the police ensured that Bholu, a full grown elephant, lived to see another day.
The badly injured elephant lay on the ground for four hours before he was helped on his feet by a crane brought in by the police around 2am. Kartick Satyanarayan of Wildlife SOS, who was on the spot, said it was crucial that the elephant was made to stand because it could have suffered multi-organ failure had it remained lying down.
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