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The true story of the last viable Asian elephant population and the man dedicated to saving them Early on a January morning in 2015, a young bull elephant touched a sagging electric line in the Paneri Tea Plantation in the Udalgari District of Assam, India. The elephant's soft-padded feet conducted the current, and the animal fell, kicking in the mud. The local veterinarian called to the scene thought the tusker was going to die. The forest department warden called the one person who could help: Dr. Kushal Konwar Sarma, India's beloved elephant doctor.  The Elephant Doctor of India brings the middle-grade reader into the heart of Assam, a remote land of tea plantations, paddy fields, and ancient forests. Author Janie Chodosh spent time with Dr. Sarma and brings his incredible story — and the lives of these magnificent animals — to readers in classrooms everywhere.

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The Elephant Doctor of India is a great read about a very special veterinarian in India. Janie Chodosh has captured the warmth, personality, and dedication of Dr. Kushal Sarma perfectly. This is an elephant doctor who considers weekends just two extra days to help elephants needing his care. Janie Chodosh shares the joys of Dr. Sarma's many successful medical outcomes and the sad reality of those patients who cannot be saved. Each 'house call' in The Elephant Doctor of India is an adventure in determination to serve and, occasionally, a bit of unexpected hilarity. --Linda Reifschneider, president of Asian Elephant Support, www.asianelephantsupport.org

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Janie Chodosh is the coauthor of Wild Lives: Leading Conservationists on the Animals and the Planet They Love. A former elementary and middle-school educator, she now teaches ecology and environmental science at Santa Fe Community College. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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