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    Orphaned baby elephant raised by human mom

    •October 16, 2012
    • In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 seven-and-a-half month old orphaned elephant calf named Moses takes his daily walk with pet dogs Barney, left, Bagheera right, and foundation owner, Jenny Webb, center, at their home in Lilongwe, Malawi. Moses was found alone and close to death in the Vwaza Wildlife Reserve. He has been adopted by the Jumbo Foundation where he is cared for and is being raised by humans. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
    • In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 seven-and-a-half month old orphaned elephant calf named Moses takes one of his two-hourly formula bottle feeds, at his home in Lilongwe, Malawi. Moses was found alone and close to death in the Vwaza Wildlife Reserve. He has been adopted by the Jumbo Foundation where he is cared for and is being raised by humans. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
    • In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, seven-and-a-half month old orphaned elephant calf named Moses gets settled on a makeshift bed, after sunset with his adoptive "mother" and foundation owner, Jenny Webb, where they will sleep together at their home in Lilongwe, Malawi. Moses was found alone and close to death in the Vwaza Wildlife Reserve. He has been adopted by the Jumbo Foundation where he is cared for and is being raised by humans. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
    • In this photo taken Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012 pet dog Kirby, licks up spilled formula feed fed to seven-and-a-half month old orphaned elephant calf named Moses, at their home in Lilongwe, Malawi. Moses was found alone and close to death in the Vwaza Wildlife Reserve. He has been adopted by the Jumbo Foundation where he is cared for and is being raised by humans. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
    • In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 seven-and-a-half month old orphaned elephant calf named Moses plays in a dust pit with carer Matimat Julius as he takes his daily walk at his home in Lilongwe, Malawi. Moses was found alone and close to death in the Vwaza Wildlife Reserve. He has been adopted by the Jumbo Foundation where he is cared for and is being raised by humans. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
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    In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, seven-and-a-half month old orphaned elephant calf named Moses gets settled on a makeshift bed, after sunset with his adoptive "mother" and foundation owner, Jenny Webb, where they will sleep together at their home in Lilongwe, Malawi. Moses was found alone and close to death in the Vwaza Wildlife Reserve. He has been adopted by the Jumbo Foundation where he is cared for and is being raised by humans. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

    Jenny Webb adopted a baby boy elephant who was just a few weeks old in February 2012. The orphaned elephant calf was named Moses after being found in the grasses of a riverbed by game rangers at Vwazi Wildlife Reserve in northern Malawi.