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ODDAR MEANCHEY PROVINCE, CAMBODIA
Kaavan is busy acclimatizing to his new home in the northern province of Oddar Meanchey. The 36-year-old pachyderm is recovering from his flight from Pakistan – not an easy journey for the large mammal – and after the exciting welcome he received in Cambodia on November 30.
The elephant is being encouraged to run around the enclosure at the Kulen Prum Tep Wildlife Sanctuary and was seen playing with a large wheel swing set last week. Kaavan also seemed to prefer bundles of sugarcane to fibrous banana stems.
Darrick Thomson, an elephant trainer and co-founder of Save the Elephant Foundation, said it was encouraging that Kaavan was being receptive to his surroundings and picking up new information.