කෑම දුන් මිනිසාගේ මළගමට ආ අලි රංචුවේ කතාව - Elephants Paid Their Respects

වනාන්තරයේ වෙසෙන වන අලි තමන් ප්‍රිය කළ මිනිසකුගේ මළගම දා ගෞරවාචාර පුද කිරීමට පැමිණි බවක් ඔබ මෙතෙක් අසා තිබුණාද ? එවැන්නක් සැලකිය හැකි වන්නේ විශ්වාස කළ නොහැක්කක් ලෙසයි. එහෙත් සැබවින්ම තමන්ට රැකවරණයක් වූ මිනිසකු මිය ගියදා ඔහුගේ නිවස සොයා පැමිණි අවසන් කටයුතු සිදුකරන තෙක්ම ඒ අසළ රැදී සිටි අලි රංචුවකගේ සංවේදී කතාවයි මේ.
elephants that were rescued by wildlife conservationist Lawrence Anthony traveled to his home to pay their respects upon Anthony’s death are true. This according to a March 11, 2012 article by the New York Times.
Anthony’s son, Dylan Anthony, told the New York Times that the elephants gathered on the edge of the reserve near his house every night after his death.
Anthony was the author of numerous books on wildlife conservation. He also created the 5,000-acre Thula Thula wildlife sanctuary and adopted herds of elephants that would have been killed, according to the New York Times obituary.
Elephants have been known to grieve the deaths of friends and relatives. They sometimes stay beside the bodies of loved ones to mourn for up to three full days, according to a January 30, 2013 article by the Daily Mail.
He bravely rescued wildlife and rehabilitated elephants all over the globe from human atrocities, including the courageous rescue of Baghdad Zoo animals during US invasion in 2003.
On March 7, 2012 Lawrence Anthony died. He is remembered and missed by his wife, 2 sons, 2 grandsons, and numerous elephants.
Two days after his passing, the wild elephants showed up at his home led by two large matriarchs. Separate wild herds arrived in droves to say goodbye to their beloved ‘man-friend.’