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Mosha (an Asian elephant) who lost her leg in a landmine accident was lucky enough to have a prosthetic leg made for her. She was seven months old when she lost her leg in the accident at the Myanmar Thailand Border. Mosha had been used as a logging elephant; using elephants for logging is banned in Thailand and India but Myanmar still uses them.The company that Mosha was working for was owned by the government who used 3,000 other elephants.

The Asian Elephant Foundation many elephants who work for logging companies get injured from landmines that are buried in remote forests, but Mosha was one of the lucky ones who can now stand on four limbs.