Landmark Wildlife Exchange: Four Bannerghatta Elephants Arrive Safely in Japan
In a notable achievement of cross-border conservation, four Asian elephants from India’s Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) in Bengaluru have been transported to Himeji Central Park Zoo in Japan. This also marks the first time animals have been exported from Bannerghatta Park.
The elephants, which have been trained and fitted in a specialized box for easy access boarding, include two males and two females, with the male’s name being Suresh. He is 8 years old, and the females’ names and ages are Gowri (9), Shruthi (7), and Tulsi (5) making a total of shruthi 5. thailand. Their QR8435 flight from Bengaluru to Himeji Central Park in Hyogo Prefecture Japan included a layover in Doha and total travel time surpassed 20 hours. Their heavy packing wa transported in full consideration of the recovery in the 4 Himeji’s, making monitoring every single step mandatory, and supportive in measureitary flight.
This carefully coordinated transfer is part of a broader animal exchange program, facilitated by the Central Zoo authority of India. For the elephants, the Bannerghatta Biological Park will gain a variety of exotic animals, which includes four cheetahs, four jaguars, four pumas, three chimpanzees, and eight black-capped capuchin monkeys. Park officials described this move helps Japanese tourists to view these animals as the “gentle giants.”
There will also be a group of eight people which includes veterinary doctors, elephant keepers, a supervisor, and a biologist, who will be travelling with the elephants to Japan. They will be in Japan for two weeks in order to help with the acclimatization process of the elephants and to train the staff at Himeji Central Park. This marks the continuation of a 2021 exchange where three elephants from Mysore Zoo were transported to Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Park in Japan.
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