25-year-old African elephant Maggie has finally left Alaska after years in a zoo up there, where she was not doing so well. She arrived safely in California to live out the rest of her life in comfort at The Performing Animal Welfare Society Wildlife Sanctuary in Galt, California.The complicated and dangerous maneuver was carried out courtesy of the Air Force, owing to Maggie's size. Unable to fit her crate in a standard commercial aircraft, she was flown to California in an Air Force cargo plane. Animal activist and retired Price Is Right host Bob Barker contributed the massive sum of $750,000 toward Maggie's care. More background on Maggie's transfer move can be found here.
SOURCE: Associated Press: Maggie the Elephant Leaves Alaska
Photo credit: AP Photo/Al Grillo
Labels: elephants, exotic animals, sanctuaries, wildlife, zoos
