Orphaned Baby Elephant Forges Unlikely Friendship That Will Melt Your Heart

Ellie collapses

Five months after Ellie was brought to the orphanage, he was found collapsed. Duma was right next to him with a look of concern on his eyes. Not without difficulty Ellie was taken indoors to his bed where the vets drew blood and and realized he had septicemia. What they had been dreading from the start, took them by surprise when they thought it vanquished. Karen Trendler, the lead vet at the orphanage, made a desperate appeal over social media asking for intravenous colloids for “a collapsed elephant calf” and sadness overtook everyone around.

Ellie suffered massive organ failure, that caused her untimely death. Duma was sad, the way German shepherds get sad, becoming a little less energetic and playful than usual. Everyone at the orphanage was devastated and condolences were received from all around the world. It was always a “long shot” but they really thought they pulled it off. Emmy was buried deep in the animal reserve where her spirit roams free from disease and worry. Nothing can hurt him now.