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"And then, one day, she was too weak even to get to her feet, although she greeted me with the usual rumble, which tugged at my heartstrings. I again stared at the rows of tins in my store. I had tried them all, and then suddenly one on the shelf caught my eye, which had been given to me some weeks before. My interest rose when I saw that it contained coconut oil added to a fat-free base, for I remembered once being told that coconut oil was probably the nearest substitute for the fat of elephant's milk. This last one I would try, and suddenly I felt a good deal happier, at least all was not lost yet.

It worked. My joy knew no bounds. Finally we had unlocked the mystery of how to bottle-rear a baby elephant." - Dr. Daphne Sheldrick

This was a real tear-jerker. One of the best short reads I've come across in a while, and an interesting look into the science and experimentation that goes into conservation efforts.