An elephant who has attracted attention from animal rights activists around the world will be allowed to leave his Pakistani zoo and transferred to better conditions, the animal welfare group helping with the case says.
An elephant who has become a cause celebre for animal rights activists around the world will be allowed to leave his Pakistani zoo and transferred to better conditions, the animal welfare group helping with the case says.
Martin Bauer, a spokesman for Four Paws, said the elephant had been finally given medical approval to travel, most likely to Cambodia, where he would find companionship and better conditions. In May, Pakistan's High Court ordered Marghazar Zoo closed because of its abysmal conditions blamed on systemic negligence.
"Unfortunately, the rescue comes too late for two lions that died during an attempted transfer at the end of July after local animal handlers set a fire in their enclosure to force them into their transport crates," Mr Bauer said in a statement on Saturday.
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