Thai Elephant Gets New Prosthetic Leg

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	Thai Elephant Gets New Prosthetic Leg

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2dee4cc7-9422-4bd5-91fa-743f0fb7ef5c/0C166205-C252-4E90-A5D9-7F95E1931C5A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.thedawgpound.com/2009/10/thai-elephant-gets-new-prosthetic-leg/" href="http://www.thedawgpound.com/2009/10/thai-elephant-gets-new-prosthetic-leg/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.thedawgpound.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thedawgpound.com/2009/10/thai-elephant-gets-new-prosthetic-leg/"><H2><A title="Permanent Link to Thai Elephant Gets New Prosthetic Leg" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.thedawgpound.com/2009/10/thai-elephant-gets-new-prosthetic-leg/">Thai Elephant Gets New Prosthetic Leg</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thedawgpound.com/2009/10/thai-elephant-gets-new-prosthetic-leg/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thedawgpound.com/img/BF94A635-FA04-4031-84E2-8C873A1C0683" alt="motala_elephant_1" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thedawgpound.com/2009/10/thai-elephant-gets-new-prosthetic-leg/"><CENTER>Motola, the now 48 year old elephant, lost her leg about 10 years ago
when she stepped on a land mine
while working in an illegal Thai logging camp.</CENTER></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thedawgpound.com/2009/10/thai-elephant-gets-new-prosthetic-leg/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thedawgpound.com/img/48F9CC51-98CA-45A3-BACE-08B290F9A399" alt="motala_elephant_2" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thedawgpound.com/2009/10/thai-elephant-gets-new-prosthetic-leg/"><CENTER>After several years without a front left foot,
Motala was given a temporary prosthetic.
This was meant to strengthen and prepare her
for someday receiving a permanent leg.</CENTER></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thedawgpound.com/2009/10/thai-elephant-gets-new-prosthetic-leg/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thedawgpound.com/img/24D51135-D42F-4F85-AD9A-BBABE8030703" alt="motala_elephant_3" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thedawgpound.com/2009/10/thai-elephant-gets-new-prosthetic-leg/"><CENTER>In August 2009, that day finally came.
Motala has now been fitted with her permanent prosthetic leg
and reports say she’s happy and doing great.</CENTER></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thedawgpound.com/2009/10/thai-elephant-gets-new-prosthetic-leg/"><CENTER><A target="_blank" href="http://animom.tripod.com/motala.html">Keep up to date on Motala at JodysJungle.com</A></CENTER></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thedawgpound.com/2009/10/thai-elephant-gets-new-prosthetic-leg/"><CENTER><A target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxnNY2QmKCo">Motala’s New Leg ~ Video on YouTube</A></CENTER></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0C166205-C252-4E90-A5D9-7F95E1931C5A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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