The animal was carefully lifted from captivity in a tightly controlled procedure before being transported to his new life in the wilderness.
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Zimbabwe is home to the second-biggest elephant population in the world
Zimbabwe will cull dozens of elephants and distribute the meat for consumption to ease the ballooning population of the animals, its wildlife …
A rescued two-month-old male wild Sumatran elephant, separated from its mother in a palm oil plantation, sleeps
Indonesian authorities rescued a critically endangered baby Sumatran elephant after it became separated from its mother at a palm oil plantati…
Workers push a finished model of a robotic elephant outside a workshop in Thrissur, in India's Kerala state
Made of fibreglass and rubber and trundling on a wheeled metal frame strong enough to hold a rider, the model is one of dozens that animal rig…
Elephants are used during many Hindu temple ceremonies, paraded through packed crowds with flashing lights, thumping drums and ear-splitting music
Like the real thing, models are draped with a golden headdress and bedecked with flower garlands
An elephant model in a coffee shop in Thrissur, in India's Kerala state