{"id":36995,"date":"2018-06-02T08:44:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T08:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=36995"},"modified":"2018-06-02T08:44:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T08:44:58","slug":"6000-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/06\/6000-days\/","title":{"rendered":"6000 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An elephant never forgets<br \/>\nWe all know that is true<br \/>\nSo 6000 days she&#8217;s been all alone<br \/>\nNo one to speak to<br \/>\nElephants are social creatures<br \/>\nFamily is their thing<br \/>\nRespect for one another<br \/>\nThat is what they bring<\/p>\n<p>To get out of the clutches of the circus<br \/>\nThat was good<br \/>\nInto s sort of open zoo<br \/>\nHonestly that would have helped<br \/>\nTo get her stronger<br \/>\nBut then again longleat<br \/>\nWas the brainchild of another<br \/>\nCircus one of the elite<\/p>\n<p>And what she needs is company<br \/>\nAnd old girl needs to be<br \/>\nIn touch with other elephants<br \/>\nFor her health that is key<br \/>\nSuffering with arthritis<br \/>\nThe need is to be sure<br \/>\nOthers that understand and help<br \/>\nAre really what will score<\/p>\n<p>Human osteopaths are not the same<br \/>\nAs elephants who<br \/>\nTalk the talk and walk the walk<br \/>\nAnd do what ele&#8217;s do<br \/>\nLoneliness is emphatically denying<br \/>\nA true state<br \/>\nThe assertiveness of wildness<br \/>\nIs and will be great<\/p>\n<p>Abandoned lonesome solitary<br \/>\nCreates a shakiness<br \/>\nA frailty of purpose<br \/>\nAnd a build up of stress<br \/>\nDormancy breeds apathy<br \/>\nAnd good reason really to<br \/>\nGet moving on the transfer<br \/>\nOut to France for it will do<\/p>\n<p>So much for our Anne<br \/>\nA new lease if you will<br \/>\nNot a circus not a open zoo<br \/>\nBut a sanctuary to fill<br \/>\nHer every hour with joy again<br \/>\nA warranty of sorts<br \/>\nAnd the likelihood of happiness<br \/>\nWashing through her thoughts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An elephant never forgets We all know that is true So 6000 days she&#8217;s been all alone No one to speak to Elephants are social creatures Family is their thing Respect for one another That is what they bring To &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/06\/6000-days\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[344,173,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abandonment","category-activism","category-elephants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36996,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36995\/revisions\/36996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}