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Elephant's Thailand transfer nearer

MANILA - A committee of the Philippines parliament voted Wednesday to transfer the country's only elephant to a sanctuary in Thailand.

Mali is the only elephant most Filipinos ever see - because she is the only elephant in the country.

The House Committee on Natural Resources adopted several resolutions which would clear the way for 38-year-old Mali, a Sri Lankan elephant at the Manila Zoo, to Boon Lott's Elephant Sanctuary in Sukhothai, according to a report on Thursday in the Manila Standard newspaper.

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  • eldarden

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    Discussion 3 : 02 Feb 2013 at 07.113

    It's good that Thailand is taking her in. Frankly, it was incredibly insensitive (to the point of stupid) for Sri Lanka to send ONE lone elephant to another country in the first place. As long as elephants have been part of Sri Lanka, one would THINK that someone there would have had the good sense to realize that elephants are SOCIAL creatures and that to send a solitary animal to ANYWHERE would be nothing short of torture for the hapless creature. Sheez! When will people learn how to treat our fellow animals on this planet? Never?

  • patchar

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    Discussion 2 : 01 Feb 2013 at 20.012

    next would be to look for a sanctuary where to transfer those corrupt officials like expresident arroyo, convicted renato corona and a lot more...maybe in taliban

  • dao

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    Discussion 1 : 01 Feb 2013 at 10.231

    Very good of them .The pressure from PETA finally paid off .

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