After a lifetime of being enslaved, beaten with bull hooks, chained and begging for 27 different owners, Raju cried when he was freed by Wildlife SOS 2 years ago on July 4, 2014.
Raju's deformed right hind knee which makes walking extremely painful..
Raju's tearful eye.
i was so impassioned by Raju's story that I visited him on Novemer 7th, 2014. His right hind knee is permanently deformed as can be seen in these photos which I took when I visited him in Mathura, India. Raju spends time in a large tub of water daily to relieve his pain from weight bearing.
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Raju in his daily therapy tub.
Bull hooks used by Raju's previous owners to beat and maim him.
After a lifetime of being enslaved, beaten with bull hooks, chained and begging for 27 different owners, Raju cried when he was freed by Wildlife SOS 2 years ago on July 4, 2014.