Hogle Zoo’s African elephant mother and daughter pair Christie and Zuri have completed their much-anticipated cross-country road trip to their new home: Kansas City, Missouri.
The elephants, ages 37 and 14, arrived at the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium on Wednesday, said Rachael Eames, Hogle Zoo spokesperson. They are currently being held in quarantine away from the seven other elephants in the Kansas City herd, but will join them once the zoo’s veterinarians and keepers “feel it’s appropriate,” according to a news release.
Sean Putney, Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium executive director and CEO, said in a statement that he was “thrilled to welcome these new elephants to Kansas City.” “I am proud of the time and resources that have been put into this move to ensure the highest level of animal care and wellbeing,” he said., saying it would give Zuri a better opportunity to breed, but details of the relocation — including where the pachyderms were going and when — had been kept secret for the animals’ safety.
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