The Oakland Zoo said Tuesday it will move its 30-year-old African elephant, Osh, to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee this fall, leaving the zoo without any elephants for the first time in 75 years.
' Elephant s are social herd animals, and despite our best efforts with AZA over the last year to find him compatible companions to move to Oakland , none were available.,' the zoo wrote on social media.The zoo called the decision 'difficult and heartbreaking,' but said it was made with Osh's overall wellbeing in mind.
Osh won't be moved until the fall, so people still have time to come visit him. And Osh will have at least one familiar face waiting for him in Tennessee, where the sanctuary has 'thousands of acres' of habitat, the zoo said. Donna, the last female African elephant to live at the Oakland Zoo, moved to the same elephant sanctuary in September 2023.
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