Auckland Zoo has taken the "heartbreaking decision" to re-home its two female elephants to an overseas zoo. Burma and Anjalee have both been at the zoo since it began trying to build a "sustainable elephant family herd". However, challenges beyond the zoo's control in the past five years mean they need to move on, Auckland Zoo director Kevin Burley says. Please find more information here - https://t.co/ezUXn5pagR pic.twitter.com/yyMrLKsQXF — Auckland Zoo (@aucklandzoo) November 24, 2020Elephants Anjalee (left) and Burma cool off with a dust bath Auckland Zoo under Covid-19 lockdown in April. New elephant Anjalee meets old elephant Burma for the first time at Auckland Zoo in June 2015.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 24, 2020 23:26 UTC