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Cher says Kaavan will now live as an elephant, not a prisoner in Cambodia

Cher says Kaavan will now live as an elephant, not a prisoner in Cambodia

The 36-year-old elephant had spent most of his life lonely at a zoo in Islamabad, before being moved on Tuesday.
Updated 03 Dec, 2020

Pakistan’s lonely elephant Kaavan began his new life in a Cambodian wildlife sanctuary on Tuesday, the result of years of campaigning for his relocation by US singer Cher.

She was there to see him beginning to explore his new home and said: “You know this is amazing for him... his life is going to be the life of an elephant and not the life of a prisoner.”

The 36-year-old elephant had spent most of his life at a zoo in Islamabad, before being moved on Tuesday to the Kulen Prum Tep Wildlife Sanctuary in Oddar Meanchey Province, to start a new life with some 600 other elephants.

Cher had written songs pressing for Kaavan’s release from grim, isolated conditions at Islamabad Zoo.

Now in Cambodia, Kaavan will gradually move from a quarantine enclosure, to a larger one, and then will eventually be able to explore an area spanning several hectares, according to a communications representative from the animal welfare organization Four Paws.

“It’s just a lovely place and the people are very kind. I would love in some years to come back and see him,” added the singer.

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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Dec 03, 2020 01:54pm
Cher is 100 percent right. Nonetheless, how about thousands of other elephants living in captivity all over the world?
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divergence Dec 03, 2020 02:17pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Not just elephants, many animals, many of those are at the danger of becoming extinct due to illegal practices of humans. It is about entire animal kingdom, not just an elephant
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divergence Dec 03, 2020 02:21pm
Kaavan is one lucky elephant who got international world's attention. Why he got so much popular because of lack of attention he got while he was at zoo. If someone really wants to give total freedom to animals and let them breed in their own environments, then let them remain in their own habitats. It is not essential for animals to be enslaved to be enjoyed and seen by humans.
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