Two African elephants from the Eastern Cape are settling into their new surroundings at the zoo.
After a 15-hour long journey from the Eastern Cape, two new elephants arrived in the early hours of Thursday morning at the Johannesburg Zoo,A statement released by Joburg City Parks and Zoo said: “The two healthy pachyderms secured a clean bill of health and arrived at the zoo with a veterinary doctor and their keeper on Thursday, 13 June. The mature male and female will be allowed to get accustomed to their surroundings before they make their public debut in typical ‘Jozi style’.
The new arrivals will now form part of a Big7 offering at Joburg Zoo, which is actively promoting conservation and environmental education. Lammie’s previous companion, Kinkel, died in September 2018, sparking protests worldwide requesting that she be moved to an elephant sanctuary, where she could be free.
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