Elephant Kept Stacking Stones Every Morning — Then His Caretaker Finally Figured Out Why

Sam remembered that before being rescued, Raju was a begging elephant. He was paraded in cities and marketplaces, often under the scorching heat with no place to shelter but his own towering figure. His previous handlers had decorated him with stones and jewels to incite interest and donations. For Raju, those stones must’ve held a painful and stark reminder of his past. At first, Sam was saddened, thinking it was a traumatic response, until the true motivation dawned on him.