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Bangkok, Nov 30 (EFE), ((Camera: Mak Remissa).- An elephant known as the loneliest in the world after living along for 35 years in a Pakistan zoo arrived Monday in Cambodia, where he will live in a sanctuary following a campaign led by American singer Cher, who met him at the airport.Kaavan, a 37-year-old pachyderm of 5 tons, traveled the close to 4,000 kilometers that separate Islamabad airport from Siem Reap, the Cambodian city closest to the Kulen Prom Tep sanctuary, where he will live with hundreds of other elephants and wild animalsAfter arriving, operators removed the container of the Russian cargo plane in which they made the trip, with a stop in Delhi to refuel.Cher, wearing a black mask and a welcome sign, waited for Kaavan with local authorities as Buddhist monks blessed the container.FOOTAGE OF
An elephant dubbed the "world's loneliest" landed in Cambodia Monday from Pakistan, receiving a warm welcome from American superstar Cher who will accompany it to a sanctuary housing potential mates. IMAGES
American pop icon Cher waits at an airport in Siem Reap, where an elephant dubbed the "world's loneliest" has landed in a plane from Pakistan, en route to a sanctuary housing three potential mates in Cambodia. IMAGES
Siem Riep (Cambodia), Nov 30 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Mark Remissa) The elephant Kaavan, known as the world's loneliest after living 35 years in isolation in a zoo in Pakistan, arrived in Cambodia Monday, where he will spend the rest of his life in a sanctuary after a campaign led by the American actress Cher, who received him Monday at the airport.
Workers prepare Kavaan the elephant's carrier for travel from the zoo in Islamabad to the airport. Following years of public outcry and campaigning by American pop star Cher, the "world's loneliest elephant" is poised Sunday to embark on a mammoth journey from Pakistan to a sanctuary in Cambodia. +COMPLETES VID8W47CH_EN AND VID8W47GB_EN+ IMAGES
Phnom Penh, May 4 (EFE/EPA).- Cambodia on Monday received medical supplies donated by China to help the Southeast Asian country tackle the novel coronavirus. (Camera: KITH SEREY).SHOT LIST: MEDICAL SUPPLIES FROM CHINA AT A HANDOVER CEREMONY AT THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS IN PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA