The zoo's director, Jonathan Wilcken, said it was fantastic that Anjalee had finally arrived. Wilcken said people would be able to visit Anjalee once she had settled into her new surroundings.
April 27, 2024
The eight-year-old female calf Anjalee, was flown to Auckland from Pinnawala elephant orphanage yesterday on an Air Force Hercules plane, after a three-month quarantine in Niue, the Radio New Zealand news agency reported. She is the first of two new elephants coming to the zoo from the elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka, and will join the zoo's current 32-year-old female elephant, Burma.
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