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Spend the morning with a 60-year-old bull elephant on his way to the hospital for a routine kidney check-up.

This clip is from Episode 1: Caring for Elephants

About The Elephant Hospital:
Take a trip to the world’s largest hospital devoted solely to treating elephants: the Elephant Hospital in Lampang, Northern Thailand, which cares for over 100 sick, injured or neglected animals each year. With unique access to the daily challenges faced by the vets and volunteers on site, this is a heart-warming series full of uplifting, extraordinary and unexpected stories—whether that’s treating an elephant with cancer or fitting a prosthetic leg to one that has lost a limb after standing on a land mine.

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Transcript
00:00The prang boon herd will live out their days at the hospital sanctuary alongside other rescued
00:08elephants some of whom were historically used as labourers in the logging industry. The use of
00:14elephants in logging was banned in 1989 and that was due to the realization these are sentient,
00:19beautiful, magnificent animals. They're not tractors but that creates a big issue. These
00:24elephants can't go back to the wild so how do we manage them in a human dominated world and that's
00:30the aspect I'm particularly interested in. Most people take the dog for a walk you're taking your
00:44elephant it's amazing. Heading to the hospital shower block is ex logging bull elephant Redeye.
00:51You can hear him breathing his power. This old gent is in no rush as he goes
00:58about his activities. You can see how slow he's moving, he's not skipping around, he's quite listless.
01:08Redeye now in his 60s is no stranger to the hospital. He's lived in the sanctuary for the last 20 years
01:16having regular health checks which have found he has a problem with his kidneys.
01:33Redeye has a long day of treatment ahead of him but first things first.
01:37Cue for the bathroom in the morning.
01:48Showering an elephant is an important daily ritual. It's a sign of affection from their mahout
01:54which builds trust. And who doesn't enjoy a good scrub down?
01:58It's a happy noise. It's an incredible experience doing this fully grown bull elephant. Giving him a
02:10morning shower and he's squeaking with delight.
02:13We hate it.
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