Osh, who weighs 15,000 pounds and stands 11 feet 2 inches tall, will be transported in a specially designed, air-conditioned trailer, providing enough space for the 40-hour journey to Tennessee.
The Oakland Zoo said Tuesday it will move its 30-year-old African elephant, Osh, to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee this fall, leaving the zoo without any elephants for the first time in 75 years. "Elephants are social herd animals, and despite our best efforts with AZA over the last year to find him compatible companions to move to Oakland , none were available.," the zoo wrote on social media.
"We currently cannot provide the optimal care and space for multi-generational herds that would meet the welfare and social needs required for elephants," the zoo said. Osh won't be moved until the fall, so people still have time to come visit him. And Osh will have at least one familiar face waiting for him in Tennessee, where the sanctuary has "thousands of acres" of habitat, the zoo said.
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