Cher Pushes For The Release of 'Kaavan' – Islamabad's Loneliest Elephant
From the Blog sonyarehman *By Sonya Rehman* From a change.org petition that garnered thousands of signatures, to immense pressure from animal lovers and animal rights activists both at home and abroad, Kaavan, the 29-year-old maltreated elephant in Maraghazar Zoo, in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, was recently unchained after 27 years in solitary confinement. [image: Kaavan in his enclosure at the Islamabad Zoo. Photo by Khurram Amin. Source: DAWN.]Kaavan in his enclosure at the Islamabad Zoo. Photo by Khurram Amin. Source: DAWN. Gifted by Sri Lanka to Pakistan in the 80s, Kaavan's only companion, Saheli, was only 22-years-old when she died in 2012 due to gross neglect and lack of proper veterinary care. Cramped within a small enclosure, with just a dilapidated shed for refuge from the scorching summpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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