Elephant hurt by land mine gets prosthesis

A Thai elephant whose foot was amputated after it stepped on a land mine has been fitted with a temporary prosthesis. Motola, a 44-year-old female, is expected to wear the lightweight, canvas, shoe-like device for five to eight months, until her leg is strong enough to carry a heavier, permanent one. Motola was injured in 1999 while working at a logging camp near the Myanmar border, a region peppered with land mines. Her mangled left front foot was amputated, and since then she has hobbled on three feet. ...via