The world’s loneliest elephant, who spent nearly 1 decade alone, will be rescued and given a new life.
Kaavan, who is from Ishlamabad’s notorious Marghazar Zoo, lived alone for the last 8 years and will be given a new life after animal rights activists have prepared to move him to a new home.
The poor elephant spent over 30 years in the Marghazar Zoo of Islamabad.
4 Paws, a Wildlife Campaign Group, confirmed that the elephant will be brought to a sanctuary in Cambodia, where it will be starting a new life.
Marin Bauer, a spokesperson for the group, said that Kaavan has gotten an official medical approval to travel right now.
Doctors that inspected Kaavan said that his life of living alone in captivity has made him bored.
It is reported that Kaavan swishes his trunk and head from side to side for a number of hours without stopping.
Not only was he bored, but the elephant is also malnourished.
Dr. Amir Khalil, a veterinarian with Four Paws, released a statement about the health of Kaavan, where he said:
Due to malnutrition and lack of physical exercise Kaavan shows visible signs of obesity. Also, his nails are cracked and malformed which can be attributed to the inappropriate flooring and structure of his enclosure. A lack of physical and behavioral enrichments as well as the absence of a partner, have resulted in Kaavan becoming incredibly bored.
In May this year, the high court of Pakistan ordered the Marghazar Zoo to be closed because of shocking conditions.
The animal rights organization was invited by the Wildlife Management Board of Islamabad to relocate the remaining animals at the zoo.
Since 2016, the Marghazar Zoo had become very heartless with their animals.
Over 500 animals went missing and 2 dozen died in just 4 years.
Kaavan arrived at the Zoo in 1985 as a gift to Pakistan from Sri Lanka.
The female partner of Kaavan died in 2012, he had been alone since then.