{"id":1456,"date":"2025-08-04T01:43:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T01:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/9ktv.us\/?p=1456"},"modified":"2025-08-04T01:43:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T01:43:27","slug":"wounded-but-not-broken-the-brave-baby-elephant-takes-his-first-steps-each-one-filled-with-hope-and-quiet-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9ktv.us\/?p=1456","title":{"rendered":"Wounded but not broken, the brave baby elephant takes his first steps, each one filled with hope and quiet triumph."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a83bda1e428544007e66ea6d458578f7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1746226\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/9ktv.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9ktv.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image.png 792w, https:\/\/9ktv.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/9ktv.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-768x442.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, we shared with you the shocking rescue of Simotua, an elephant calf that had been attacked by poachers.<\/p><div class=\"a83bda1e428544007e66ea6d458578f7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1746226\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.thrillist.com\/v1\/image\/2559128\/792x1189\/scale;webp=auto;jpeg_quality=60.jpg\" alt=\"Orphaned Baby Elephant Had Odds Against Him. 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