Whatto! Animal lovers.............. 
Here's a tale that should be an inspiration to us all..........
In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from University......
On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air.........
The elephant seemed distressed and seemed to have something wrong with it's foot, so Peter approached it very carefully.............
He got down on one knee, inspected the elephants foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it..............
As carefully and as gently as he could...... Peter worked the wood out with his knife...............
.......after which the elephant gingerly put it's foot down onto the ground...............
The elephant then turned to face Peter with a rather curious look on its face.............
..........and stared at him for several tense moments............
Peter stood frozen to the spot..................
........realising he was suddenly extremely vulnerable and easily in danger of being trampled!
Suddenly the elephant trumpeted loudly..... turned..... and walked slowly away..............
Peter never forgot that elephant or the experience of that day............
Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the City Zoo with his teenage son.............
As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing..............
The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifting its front foot off the ground, then putting it down.....
The elephant did this several times then trumpeted loudly..............
...........all the while staring straight at him!
Remembering the encounter in 1986............. Peter told his son he could not help wondering if this was the same elephant!..........
On the spur of the moment Peter summoned up his courage and climbed over the railings..........
................and into the enclosure!
He walked straight up to the bull elephant and stared back at him in wonder.............
The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs and slammed him against the railings............. killing him instantly!
Probably wasn't the same elephant.
Tallyho!
Best wishes - Lord Noel
On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air.........
The elephant seemed distressed and seemed to have something wrong with it's foot, so Peter approached it very carefully.............
He got down on one knee, inspected the elephants foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it..............
As carefully and as gently as he could...... Peter worked the wood out with his knife...............
.......after which the elephant gingerly put it's foot down onto the ground...............
The elephant then turned to face Peter with a rather curious look on its face.............
..........and stared at him for several tense moments............
Peter stood frozen to the spot..................
........realising he was suddenly extremely vulnerable and easily in danger of being trampled!
Suddenly the elephant trumpeted loudly..... turned..... and walked slowly away..............
Peter never forgot that elephant or the experience of that day............
Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the City Zoo with his teenage son.............
As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing..............
The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifting its front foot off the ground, then putting it down.....
The elephant did this several times then trumpeted loudly..............
...........all the while staring straight at him!
Remembering the encounter in 1986............. Peter told his son he could not help wondering if this was the same elephant!..........
On the spur of the moment Peter summoned up his courage and climbed over the railings..........
................and into the enclosure!
He walked straight up to the bull elephant and stared back at him in wonder.............
The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs and slammed him against the railings............. killing him instantly!
Probably wasn't the same elephant.
Tallyho!
Best wishes - Lord Noel
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