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She stepped on the landmine nearly two weeks ago as she foraged for food during a break from hauling logs on the Burma-Thailand border, long the scene of insurgencies.
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- ↑ "Thai elephant fitted with prosthesis". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. 28 August 2005. Archived from the original on 9 January 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
LAMPANG, Thailand --A Thai elephant that attracted worldwide attention when its foot was amputated after it stepped on a land mine has been fitted with a temporary prosthesis, a wildlife conservation worker said Sunday.
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