Help Free 50-Year-Old Elephant Who Has Spent Most of Her Life in Chains (PHOTOS)

The organization Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand (WFFT) just began the rescue of Thong-Ma, a 50-year-old elephant who spent most of her life enduring confinement and abuse. The animal, along with her friend Pum-Puang, was discovered at a tourist camp in Thailand. Both elephants have been forced to work seven days a week, giving rides to hundreds of tourists every single day. But now, Thong-Ma’s life is about to completely change, as she is beginning her journey to her new home!

Thanks to the WFFT Rescue Team, Thong-Ma has finally been freed from the chains she has been kept in for so long!

Before being housed at the tourist camp two years ago, both Thong-Ma and Pum-Puang were being used as logging elephants in Southern Thailand. The scars of this past are visible all over their bodies.

So far, the organization has managed to raise $12,710 of its $22,000 fundraising campaign total to free both friends.

Reaching the campaign goal would allow the rescuers to save both Thong-Ma and Pum-Puang – and they hope to be able to do it before Christmas.

The team managed to completely change the life of the beautiful Thong-Ma by securing the funds and organizing the rescue. Now, they are hoping that they will soon be able to do the same for the other elephant who deserves respect and care just as much as her friend.

You can help give freedom to Pum-Puang by making a donation.

To learn more about Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand, click here.

All image source: Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand/Facebook