41-year-old elephant moving from Puerto Rico to Refuge North America in South Georgia

[Judi Lynn]

41-year-old Elephants rescued from a zoo and is expected to move to Refuge North America.(Refuge North America)

By Raghad Hamad
Published: Mar. 28, 2023 at 1:59 PM CDT|Updated: 4 hours ago

ATTAPUGUS, Ga. (WCTV) - After battling for the past five years to rescue an elephant from a zoo in Puerto Rico, Refuge North America finally succeeded.

Mundi, a 41-year-old female African elephant, is 8? tall and weighs 8,000 pounds. She was born in 1982 in Zimbabwe and was one of the 68 young elephants brought to the United States in a rescue mission.

She was then sold to the island zoo in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, where she lived in isolation for 35 years in a 1/4 exhibit yard and was chained nightly, according to Elephant Aid International.

After many efforts of trying to rescue Muhdi, she is now expected to arrive at the Elephant Refuge North America in May. 4, where she will live with two other rescued elephants named Bo, a 34-year-old male, and Tarra, a 49-year-old female.

More:
https://www.wctv.tv/2023/03/28/41-year-old-elephant-moving-puerto-rico-refuge-north-america-south-georgia/

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MEET MUNDI!

Mundi is a wild-born African savanna elephant, one of 63 young African elephants brought to the United States by eccentric millionaire Arthur Jones in 1984. Jones orchestrated a rescue mission to bring the calves to his Jumbolair estate in Ocala, Florida after mass culling organized by the Zimbabwe government left them orphaned.

In 1986, Jones broke up the young herd and sold them to zoos, circuses, and private individuals. Following a brutal attack that left her with one blind eye and a permanently damaged tusk, Mundi was sold to the zoo in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

Mundi has been on display at the zoo since 1988. For nearly 35 years, she has lived alone in an area of about 15,000 square feet with access to an enclosed shelter where she is chained at night.

The zoo has been closed to the public for years, resulting in growing financial difficulties and the loss of its USDA license.

More:
https://elephantaidinternational.org/meet-mundi/







Love to Mundi. ❤️️ 🐘

[brer cat]

1. Horrible treatment! I hope she will be happy in the new compound with friends.

[Judi Lynn]

2. They are such amazing beings. They seem to have a lot of concern and feeling for each other. 🐘