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Villagers knit jumpers for Indian elephants to protect the large mammals from near-freezing temperatures

Elephants in India are sporting colourful woollen jumpers after villagers knitted the super-size garments to protect the animals from near-freezing temperatures.

Women in a village near the Wildlife SOS Elephant Conservation and Care Centre in the northern city of Mathura in India reportedly began producing the colourful, pyjama-like garments after staff at the centre warned temperatures were approaching sub-zero at night.

The conservation centre takes in rescued elephants who have previously suffered chronic neglect and beatings from cruel handlers.

Photographs show female elephants wearing the carefully crocheted  outfits, which cover their legs, back and neck, as centre staff and villagers stand among them.

Kartick Satyanarayan, founder of the centre, said it was important to protect the formerly abused elephants from the cold.

“It is important to keep our elephants protected from the bitter cold during this extreme winter, as they are weak and vulnerable having suffered so much abuse making them susceptible to ailments such as pneumonia,” she told the Times of India.

“The cold also aggravates their arthritis which is a common issue that our rescued elephants have to deal with.”

The centre currently houses 20 elephants that have been rescued from illegal captivity, trafficking mafia, exploited for street begging and circuses where they were abused and subjected to extreme cruelty.

source: The Independent

Can you find the word in the text on the basis of its definition?

1. an illness, typically a minor or chronic one

2. to ask for something as charity

3. an inflammation of the lungs

4. any animal of which the female feeds her young on milk from her own body

5. belonging or relating to women

Key

1. ailment

2. begging

3. pneumonia

4. mammal

Vocabulary

to knit

kötni

jumper

pulóver

to protect

megóvni

mammal

emlős

near-freezing

fagyközeli

to sport

(feltűnően) hordani, viselni

woolen

gyapjú

garment

ruhadarab

reportedly

állítólag

to warn

figyelmeztetni

to take in

befogadni

rescued

megmentett

neglect

elhanyagolás

cruel

kegyetlen

beating

verés

handler

gazda

crocheted

horgolt

staff

személyzet

founder

alapító

vulnerable

sérülékeny

abuse

durva bánásmód, bántalmazás

susceptible to

fogékony, hajlamos valamire

ailment

betegség

pneumonia

tüdőgyulladás

to aggravate

súlyosbítani

arthritis

ízületi gyulladás

issue

probléma

to exploit

kizsákmányolni, kihasználni

begging

koldulás

cruelty

állatkínzás, kegyetlenség

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