Pupy the elephant arrives at a Brazil sanctuary after 30 years in Argentine zoo

Elephant arrives at Brazilian sanctuary in ‘perfect health’

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Pupy the elephant arrives at Brazil sanctuary after 30 years in Argentine zoo

The 35-year-old African elephant arrived ‘in perfect health’ and will remain in an outdoor shed while she begins to adapt to her new home.

Pupy the elephant arrives at a Brazil sanctuary after 30 years in Argentine zoo

Pupy the elephant has arrived at her new home in a sanctuary in Mato Grosso, Brazil, following a 2,700-kilometer journey from a zoo converted into an ecological park in Argentina’s capital where she had spent 30 years in conditions criticized by activists.

The sanctuary of Mato Grosso, where he will spend his last years, has more than 50 hectares to live freely. Pupy arrived at the former zoo of the City of Buenos Aires in 1993 and is 35 years old.

A 35-year-old African elephant named Papi arrived safely today in the Brazilian rainforest, which will be her new home, after spending 30 years in a zoo in Argentina in conditions that activists criticized as inadequate, the Buenos Aires mayor's office said.