Karma

KARMA'S RESCUE STORY

For 50 years of her life, Karma would walk the roads of Hamirpur irrespective of the season, come hail, storm or even if the blazing hot roads would make her feet burn and ache in pain. Completely blind in one eye and losing vision in the other one, she had no vision to guide her and the piercing jab of a bullhook would tell her which step to take and where to go. Karma was a weak and frail elephant whose spirit broke with each blow of a bullhook as she grew weak surviving on dry grass and water, when she came to the Wildlife SOS Elephant Hospital campus, in Mathura. Without any sight to guide her, Karma was extremely anxious of her new surroundings and took her time in getting off the Ambulance, upon arrival to the Elephant Hospital but constant coaxing and the guidance given by her keeper led Karma into her new life of healing and recovery. Proper veterinarian care and a healthy, nutritious diet of green fodder sugarcanes and fruit was given to her in order to help her regain strength again. Today, Karma has made tremendous progress as her bull-hook wounds are gradually healing and she has found lifelong companions in Kalpana and Holly who never leave her side. Together, the trio goes on walks and lovingly share each other’s fodder, constantly keeping each other company – whether in the pool or the treatments! A companionship like Holly and Kalpana’s allows Karma to heal psychologically, having lived in solitude all her life.