After 35 years of living alone, “Mundi,” an African elephant, is now on her way to Georgia where she’ll live with two other elephants.
Elephant Aid International Founder and CEO Carol Buckley said elephants are meant to be social so the move will help Mundi flourish.
A 747 carrying Mundi and the other animals landed at the Jacksonville International Airport on Friday afternoon. Mundi, whose trunk could be seen waving around in a specially made crate, is on her way toMundi’s handler Buckley said it was a process to make this happen, one that had some problems. “Day one she put one foot in. Day two she put the second foot in. Day three she put the third foot in and then on day four, all the way in the crate,” Buckley said. “Then something happened. And we don’t know exactly what it was but something got her in the side. Something poked her in the side and that was it.”The 8,000-pound elephant that is blind in one eye and missing a tusk is headed to anIt’ll be the first time in over 35 years the 41-year-old elephant is around other animals like her.
“The fact that she lived alone for all those years, that’s why she’s insecure, why she doesn’t trust things because she doesn’t have other family members to say don’t worry about that, that’s fine. So when she gets with other animals she will blossom because she’ll really discover her true self,” Buckley said.Copyright 2023 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved.
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