The animal was kept in captivity for years.
Probably the loneliest elephant in the world is now getting a new home.
Animal
gets new
home
: the horror
zoo
has to close.
Elephant
became is
famous
all over the
world
.
German
doctor
supports on site.
Kassel - put in chains, locked up for over 30 years and now finally free.
The
animal
is probably the loneliest elephant in the
world
.
The elephant Kaavan came to Islamabad in 1985.
As a gift from Sri Lanka, the elephant in Pakistan lived in captivity in the Islamabad Zoo for 35 years.
Islamabad Zoo | Meanwhile closed |
Old name: | Marghazar Zoo |
Size: | 33 hectares |
Opening: | 1978 |
The loneliest animal in the world: court orders a new home
The
zoo
in the capital of
Pakistan
was often criticized by animal rights activists.
Not only the elephant Kaavan suffered from the poor conditions until the end.
Kaavan became famous
around the
world
as early as 2016.
A campaign to save the elephant was started back then, as rtl.de reports.
The
animal
suffered both mental and physical damage from the poor housing conditions.
In May 2020, the highest court in Islamabad decided
to close
the much criticized
zoo
.
Animal gets new home: Pictures went around the world - elephant shows stereotypical behavior
Until a few years ago the
elephant
Kaavan lived with his
elephant
partner Saheli.
The female elephant died in 2012, however. Since then the Kaavan has been all alone in its enclosure.
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Elefant Kaavan with employees of the organization four paws.
© Arne Immanuel Bänsch / dpa
The loneliness has already left its mark.
Kaavan "has already developed stereotypical behavior in which he shakes his head and trunk back and forth for hours," says Dr.
Frank Göritz from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research.
According to the expert, this is not only due to loneliness.
The lack of physical and mental challenges also contributed to this unnatural behavior.
Dr. Frank Göritz
Born: 1963
Position: Senior Veterinarian at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Studies: Veterinary medicine - 1992 veterinary license
Known all over the world: Animal blood counts are good - ready for a new home
According to veterinarian Dr.
Amir Khalil, the elephant was also wrongly fed.
In conjunction with a lack of exercise, this has given rise to signs of obesity.
Kaavan was also kept on an unsuitable surface for him, the doctor said.
The expert reads this from the cracked and deformed nails of the elephant.
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For more than three decades, the elephant lived in poor conditions, often in chains, in a small enclosure at the Marghazar Zoo in Islamabad.
In 2015 this became publicly known.
In July, the authorities announced that they would have the #Elefanten brought to a sanctuary.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Kaavan also owes his future #freedom to a four-year campaign by the American pop icon Cher.
Kaavan came to Pakistan as a one year old elephant.
It was a gift from the Sri Lankan government to the former dictator and general Zia ul-Haq.
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Dr.
Göritz checked the elephant's fitness to travel.
Overall, the
blood values of the
animal
were good enough for transport.
The animal welfare organization Vier Pfoten will also help
with the transport to his new
home
.
According to rtl.de, the elephant, known
all over the
world
, will be housed in an animal welfare center in Cambodia.
World-famous zoo has to close: Not only elephant Kaavan was mistreated - video shows the torture of two lions
The zoo in Islamabad was established in 1978.
At that time also as a wildlife protection center.
The zoo has made headlines around the world over and over again in recent years.
According to rtl.de,
over 500 animals have
disappeared from the
zoo
, and that in recent years alone.
This is such a depressing picture and breaks my heart.
Research shows that “When an animal is sitting or standing like that with head placed againt a wall, the animal is seriously distressed and something must be done immediately our this will kill them” #Kavaan @WWF @wwf_uk pic.twitter.com/ESN2St59qP
- Khurkurul (@ hwn60) March 15, 2020
In addition, a video appeared in July 2020 showing the agonizing moments before the death of two lions.
In 2016 there was even an internet campaign under the hashtag #SaveKavaan.
This referred to the elephant, who was already mentally ill at the time.
His illness was caused by the elephant being chained for many years, according to Pakistan Today.
(luc)
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