Orphaned Baby Elephant Forges Unlikely Friendship That Will Melt Your Heart

A side effect of treatment

Unfortunately, Eddie’s problems were far from over. He developed an intolerance for milk. Unable to gain sustenance at this early stage of his development by ingesting solid food, without milk Ellie would perish by inanition. He would basically starve to death if he didn’t manage to tolerate milk.

They made many attempts to feed Ellie but he simply didn’t tolerate anything they gave him. They asked for help to other orphanages and reserves around Africa. Soon they tried another formula, the one used in Zimbabwe but the elephant didn’t tolerate it either. The formula from Kenya bore the same result. They tried everything, but Ellie was totally intolerant.