Boots for elephants

2007-12-12 02:39:03 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Dr. Sonja Luz, third from left, a veterinarian, puts a bootie onto the left foot of an elephant named Jamilah, on Wednesday Dec. 12, 2007, in Singapore.

Two elephants in captivity at the Singapore Zoo, Tun, right, and Jamilah, left, received waterproof custom-made Gore-tex booties to alleviate ongoing foot problems and aid the healing of the lesions on the soles of their feet.