The elephant I'll never forget!
A new documentary tells the bittersweet story of a man who loved and lost the orphaned elephant he rescued
David Balding with Flora in their circus daysBy Marianne Power
23rd September 2011
It’s a widely held perception that elephants are mistreated in circuses. Earlier this year the Daily Mail helped to rescue Anne, Britain’s last and oldest working elephant, who had been abused by her groom. But it’s not always that simple.
Circus owner David Balding believed he was doing the right thing when he saved an orphaned elephant from certain death and put her to work under the big top.
It was love at first sight when David met baby elephant Flora. Just two years old, she had seen her family killed by ivory poachers in Zimbabwe. So when David was offered the chance to care for her, he grabbed it.Flora was in a crate and, though scared, she was curious and immediately seemed to bond with me. She was alone in a scary world. What she really needed was love,’ says David, who gave her a home in 1984. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2040638/Circus-owner-David-Balding-loved-lost-orphaned-elephant-rescued.html#ixzz1YroPjz1D
Circus owner David Balding believed he was doing the right thing when he saved an orphaned elephant from certain death and put her to work under the big top.
It was love at first sight when David met baby elephant Flora. Just two years old, she had seen her family killed by ivory poachers in Zimbabwe. So when David was offered the chance to care for her, he grabbed it.Flora was in a crate and, though scared, she was curious and immediately seemed to bond with me. She was alone in a scary world. What she really needed was love,’ says David, who gave her a home in 1984. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2040638/Circus-owner-David-Balding-loved-lost-orphaned-elephant-rescued.html#ixzz1YroPjz1D
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