When she was just 7 months old, a landmine explosion crippled the young Asian elephant and caused her to lose her right front foreleg, just below the knee. At 1,300 pounds, she was putting two thirds of her body weight onto her left foreleg, which was causing it to become bent.

Mosha has now outgrown nine prosthetic limbs in six years and weighs almost 4,500 pounds. The FAE are contanstantly searching for new combinations of materials such as thermoplastics, steel, and elastomer to develop the ideal artificial limb for the Mosha along with several new outsized patients.