working elephant

working elephant

Concluding this week of animal photos is a smart, social and majestic animal. This elephant is walking home beside the highway after a day of work at Amber Fort in Jaipur, India. Based on the size and strength of an elephant, it's not hard to understand why Ganesh is considered the "remover of obstacles".

One of the Vets Without Borders projects provides safer saddles for these elephants in Jaipur. Based on those photos, it seems like the saddle in this particular photo is not one of theirs.

posted Aug 13, 2010 by daniel categories: animalindia
aperture: 4ƒ shutter: 1/800  focal: 70mm iso: 100
 date: Nov 21, 2008 flash: no