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How do you get a grumpy 4-ton elephant to a new home 120 miles away? Call the elephant movers

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — When it comes to the niche business of moving elephants, Dr. Amir Khalil and his team might be the best. In this photo supplied by Four Paws, Charley, an ageing four-ton African elephant, enters his adaption enclosure to acclimatise, at the Shambala Private Game Reserve, South Africa, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, after being transported from …

How do you move a 4-ton elephant to a new home 120 miles away? Very carefully

Charley, an aging African elephant, enters his adaption enclosure to acclimatize at the Shambala Private Game Reserve in South Africa. In 2020, Khalil’s team saved Kaavan, an Asian elephant, from years of solitude at a Pakistan zoo and flew him to a sanctuary in Cambodia where he could live with other elephants. Charley, an aging 4-ton African elephant, had outlived …