US EditionPupy the elephant heads to Brazilian sanctuary after 30 years in Argentine zoo
- Pupy, an African elephant, began her journey from Buenos Aires to Brazil on Tuesday.
- The Buenos Aires zoo, often criticized, was converted to a nature preserve nine years prior.
- A convoy with caretakers transported Pupy in a crate on a 2,700-kilometer trip to her new home.
- Veterinarian María José Catanzariti noted, "Sometimes in the first 24 hours these animals don't want to eat, but Pupy keeps eating."
- Pupy will live at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil, joining other elephants in a more natural habitat.
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Pupy the elephant heads to Brazilian sanctuary after 30 years in Argentine zoo
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An unusual convoy neared Argentina’s lush border with Brazil on Tuesday, after snaking through traffic-snarled roads for hours. Inside the specialized iron crate strapped to a truck and flanked by vans full of caretakers and veterinarians was Pupy, a female African elephant. Read more...
After 30 years of captivity, an elephant en route to a Brazilian sanctuary
An unusual convoy approached the luxuriant border between Argentina and Brazil on Tuesday, after winding for hours on crowded roads. Inside a special iron box, attached to a truck and flanked by vans filled with caretakers and veterinarians, was Pupy, a female African elephant.
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Pupy the elephant heads to a vast Brazilian sanctuary after 30 years in an Argentine zoo
An unusual convoy is nearing Argentina’s lush border with Brazil, after snaking through traffic-snarled roads for hours. Inside a specialized iron crate strapped to a truck and flanked by vans full of caretakers and veterinarians is an African elephant, named…
Elefanta Pupy left the Porteño Ecopark and travels to the sanctuary of Brazil after 30 years of captivity
With this derivation to Mato Grosso, there are no animals of this species left in Buenos Aires. The bureaucratic procedures to obtain the permits took more than two years to concretize the move.
Elefanta Pupy leaves behind captivity after 32 years and leaves for Brazil
The goal is to return to Pupy its wild essence and the possibility of walking independently and autonomously over the more than 1000 hectares of the Sanctuary of Elephants of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Read more
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