The young Ayar Sen is loudly awaiting the preparation of her breast milk, and moves cautiously with her front left foot tied with a bamboo and cloth bandage.
The four-month-old elephants were rescued from a hunting trap in a forest in Ayeyarwadi district in southwestern Myanmar last month and are now being cared for by workers at the Wengabao Elephant Sanctuary northeast of Yangon.
"When she got there last month, her leg was very sore," said Tan Naing, a veterinarian at the reserve, while cleaning the wounds of the baby elephants.
No one hinted at Ayar Sen's parents near the trap they fell into, he said, adding that the two fishermen were probably killed.
Fishermen kill elephants greedily in the teeth and skins used in the manufacture of jewelry and medicines for folk medicine and others.
"The big challenge for us is to take care of the baby elephants and keep them alive," said camp director Xu Yi Win Htet, adding that two of the elephants died in the reserve.
The Wengabao Elephant Sanctuary houses 20 elephants that have been saved from similar conditions, including eight infants.
Ayyar Sen will remain in the reserve after her recovery.