Lonely no more: Kaavan the elephant makes new friend in Cambodia

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Reaching out with his trunk, Kaavan tentatively greeted a fellow inhabitant of the Cambodian sanctuary where he is beginning his new life after being rescued from grim conditions in a Pakistani zoo.

Tuesday saw Kaavan settling into his enclosure at Kulen Prom Tep Wildlife Sanctuary, where he was seen touching trunks with another elephant, captured in images provided by the sanctuary. "He likes it here... The stereotypical behaviours that he's known for - rocking or just standing, leaning his head against a wall - is non-existent," Darrick Thomson, who oversees animal care at the sanctuary, told AFP.

 

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