00:00A speeding train hit this baby elephant and left her unable to walk.
00:05Her herd was traumatized and unfortunately had to leave her.
00:10Wildlife SOS was called to see if they could save her.
00:17After the train hit her, her body was paralyzed and traumatized.
00:20All she could really move was her ears and her trunk.
00:25She used her trunk to communicate how grateful she was to her caretakers.
00:30She formed such a strong bond with the humans helping her almost immediately.
00:38And was just so grateful as they gave her a milk bottle, as they fed her bananas.
00:46As they gave her words of encouragement.
00:50She loved it all.
00:53Unfortunately, an elephant being paralyzed is usually fatal as they are large animals who
00:58constantly need to work their muscles and exercise.
01:01But her caretakers were determined to try everything to see her walk again.
01:05They could see how much she wanted to live.
01:07They started physical therapy to try to repair the muscles as her spine healed.
01:13First, they used a massage gun to provide relief to her muscles.
01:17Then they moved on to oil massages.
01:19Bonnie receives two massages every single day, aimed at warming her muscles and keeping them
01:25active to prevent atrophy as her bones heal themselves.
01:28Not only were the massages amazing for her muscles, but she just loved being around her
01:32people who she's come to know as her family.
01:37They started to see some movement in her legs and her ears, which was an amazing sign.
01:42So they moved on to doing acupuncture on her, which yielded amazing results as well.
01:52She was ready to be propped up by her care team.
01:58This is the first time she's been sitting up since the accident and she can hold herself up.
02:06Eventually, she was able to stand and take a few baby steps here and there.
02:21This is the first time she was standing up all on her own.
02:25She was especially motivated by tasty snacks to take her baby steps.
02:39And she started playing and getting baths like any baby elephant should.
02:48Finally, she was taking many steps at a time.
02:53Even though at first she was dragging her hind legs, she just kept getting stronger and stronger.
03:05She's been with Wildlife SOS for about a year.
03:10Her caretakers were honestly shocked and so proud of how much progress she made
03:15in gaining back her mobility.
03:20Her gait is a little bit wonky, but she continues to make amazing progress.
03:25She will likely never be 100% recovered, but Wildlife SOS is focused on helping her
03:30live a full and happy life with their other rescued elephants.
03:33She has a wonderful family-owned brat vibes.
03:35What advice would you guys do?
03:37Well, you'll do it.
03:37Very bad.
03:38Well, she's good at the day.
03:43I love her hand.
03:43I love her shallow bones.
03:44I do okay.
03:45I love her hands.
03:45You take my hands.
03:46It's really funny.
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