Animal rights groups have called on Pakistan to relocate Kaavan to an animal sanctuary in Myanmar and have launched petitions to cover the costs. The plight of Kaavan, a mentally tormented bull elephant confined to a small pen in the Islamabad Zoo for nearly three decades, has galvanized a rare animal rights campaign in Pakistan. Sunny Jamil, an activist at the Help Welfare Organization, a local animal rights group, says the mangled ceiling fan in the roof of the enclosure testifies to its insufficient height. Local and international animal rights organizations launched the campaign a year ago after reports that zookeepers were beating the elephant and denying it food. Elephants are gregarious by nature, and males can become aggressive when they are separated from the herd.

Source: Fox News July 04, 2016 13:52 UTC