At 93 feet deep we struck water at our first well. All of the elephants were watching, noses pressed to the fencing, curious to get into the action. The two drilling rigs were attraction enough for the elephants but when water started spraying up in to the air, the girls got very excited. They trumpeted, chirped and squirmed closer to each other touching tenderly. It was several hours before the well was complete. It appeared that the girls enjoyed the behavioral enrichment and were prepared to wait.

Thank you, Marian Rozychi, for making this well possible.

Below are pictures of the drilling, under the close supervision of the pachyderms.