It flew out from Colombo airport on Sunday morning for a repatriation Thai officials said cost $946,000. Read more at straitstimes.com.
- A Thai elephant gifted to Sri Lanka two decades ago was flown back to its birth country on Sunday after a diplomatic spat over the animal’s alleged mistreatment.
The 4,000kg mammal flew out from Colombo airport on Sunday morning on a one-way commercial flight for a repatriation that Thai officials said had cost US$700,000 .After touching down in Chiang Mai the elephant will be quarantined at a nearby nature reserve. The chief veterinarian at the Dehiwala Zoo, Madusha Perera, told AFP that Muthu Raja was in pain and covered in abscesses when it was rescued from its previous abode last year.
RARE organised a Buddhist blessing for the elephant on Friday ahead of the journey and the group is now petitioning the authorities to prosecute those it says are responsible for neglecting the animal.A nationalist group staged a demonstration outside the Thai embassy in Colombo on Thursday demanding the animal remain in Sri Lanka for another six months.“We can nurse it back to health in six months and if we fail, they can take the animal back.
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