Laura Meets Scotty at the Louisville Zoo: "Look, this baby elephant was raised by an interracial lesbian elephant couple, and it turned out just fine!

"Look, this baby elephant was raised by an interracial lesbian elephant couple, and it turned out just fine!"

--Laura Webb, Louisville Zoo 2008



Anyway, the elephant's mother was artificially inseminated, so she (an African elephant) and another (Indian/Asian elephant) female raised him.
Their heads are peeking up in the background of the picture, watching over him protectively. (LWs explanation)