Most newly rescued elephants take weeks to trust their surroundings enough to lie down. Grandma Somboon, who spent more than eight decades working for humans, did it almost at once. A Lifetime of Work Somboon is an Asian elephant estimated to be 87 years old. According to Save Elephant Foundation and Elephant Nature Park in Thailand, she was taken from the forest as a … [Read more...] about Elephant finally rescued after over 80 years in shackles – finally lays down and rest