![Media representatives take video and photographs of Elephant Kaavan as it stands behind a fence at the Marghazar Zoo in Islamabad on July 18, 2020. A Pakistani court approved the relocation of a lonely and mistreated elephant to Cambodia on July 18 after the pachyderm became the subject of a high-profile rights campaign backed by music star Cher. / AFP / Farooq NAEEM](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/RGXPYBVRB2RDVH3O6YBG3WOSD4.jpg?smart=true&auth=4be4f349035df351f716c0059a119474942067c2202a7705fb7edad8e7b17668&width=400&height=225)
Elephant Kaavan will be freed from his small enclosure at Marghazar Zoo in Islamabad in favour of a ranging wildlife sanctuary in Cambodia. AFP
Elephant Kaavan will be freed from his small enclosure at Marghazar Zoo in Islamabad in favour of a ranging wildlife sanctuary in Cambodia. AFP
Pakistan to relocate lonely elephant to Cambodian wildlife sanctuary
Animal right's activists, including singer Cher, have been campaigning for the 33-year-old Asian elephant to receive better treatment since 2015
Haroon Janjua
19 July, 2020