Hallelujah! Kaavan, "The World's Lonliest Elephant" moves to his new home in 10 days!!!

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Freedom in sight for Kaavan, ‘the world's loneliest elephant’

Kaavan will soon be relocated to a sanctuary in Cambodia

Posted 31 October 2020 23:20 GMT

Kaavan, Pakistan's only Asian elephant, has been kept confined at Islamabad's Marghazar Zoo for over three decades.

Animal rights activists have long highlighted the poor treatment the elephant has received and in 2015 started a campaign to rescue Kaavan from the zoo which was endorsed by pop star Cher. In May 2020, Islamabad High Court ruled in favour of relocating Kavaan from Islamabad to a suitable sanctuary.

In 1985, the Sri Lankan government gifted Kaavan, then a young calf, to Pakistan in an effort to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries. In 1990, Kavaan was joined by a mate named Saheli, who came from Bangladesh. Saheli died in 2012, turning Kaavan into “the loneliest elephant.” He started showing signs of lethargy, stress and later aggression, which led his keepers to chain him.

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https://globalvoices.org/2020/10/31/freedom-in-sight-for-kavaan-the-worlds-loneliest-elephant/

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CHx64JlAX5i/

And today:



https://www.facebook.com/darrick.thomson/posts/10164542807575444

[CatMor]

1. Great news.