Baby Elephant Is So Excited To Be Freed From Chains

Baby elephant gets freed from chains and has the best reaction when he meets his adoptive mom ❤️

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00:00When I first saw Tofu, Tofu was chained to a pole.

00:08Tofu really, really hated being put in chains.

00:14Everyone is there and we're playing to peace on a rescue mission.

00:17He'll live out the rest of his days forever here if we don't intervene.

00:20I found Tofu at a riding camp where tourists go and ride elephants.

00:25The people running these places tend not to pee for the elephant.

00:29The day that we finally negotiated Tofu's freedom,

00:32they dropped him off in the middle of the woods.

00:36Tofu, like a champ.

00:39This was the first baby elephant that I've ever rescued.

00:43Tofu is going to be rewilded.

00:45He's going to be the first ever elephant that we put back into the wild.

00:49So that's also kind of exciting.

00:52One thing for certain is that Tofu would have lived out the rest of his day in chains.

00:56So seeing those chains come off, that's what it's all about.

01:00Wow.

01:02Hey.

01:06Hey boy.

01:07We were pretty nervous.

01:09Is Tofu going to run off?

01:10Once we take these chains off and these are all new people he's around.

01:14So we decided to bring in another elephant that was rescued to come just kind of help us

01:20and help guide Tofu through as we started the walk to freedom.

01:30Tofu.

01:37We've got some really good news.

01:38Once this baby boy crosses this little stream, he'll forever be free.

01:44This is where our property begins.

01:48Our number one golden rule is we never help one elephant to hurt another.

01:53So we want to make sure that no money that we use will go towards buying another elephant.

02:00Coming over to say hi.

02:02It was awesome when Tofu became the mandalao and we were able to introduce Tofu to the matriarch.

02:13He's going to say hi to the baby.

02:15It was one of the most adorable things I've ever seen.

02:20They walked up to each other and their curiosity and they gave each other a little sniff and

02:25they looked like they've known each other their whole life.

02:27It was really sweet to see the matriarch take him in and show him around.

02:33It was really nice to see him.

02:35It was really nice to see him.

02:37It was really nice to see him.

02:39It was really nice to see him.

02:41It was really sweet to see the matriarch take him in and share some sugar cane together.

02:47It was just a really sweet moment for sure.

02:51Something I'll never forget.