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Meet "Elephant Man" Vincent Fagne

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Wednesday January 27, 2010 23:52

by Thomas Janak - WILD TIME

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... who wants to build a retirement home for old elephants in south Nepal

All he needs is about USD 91 000 to give old elephants a loving home

When visiting Nepal, frenchman Vincent Fagne enquired about where the in captivity living and constantly working elephants would go to be retired. In a country where there is no such thing as an retirement age, neither for humans nor animals, there is no place for these majestic animals.

Now, Vincent sets out to change that ...

Elephant Man - Meet Vincent Fagne who is planning to build a retreat centre for retired elephants in Nepal 11.88 Mb

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