"Lonely elephant" Kaavan now enjoying its new lease of life in Cambodia as Covid-19 cases continue to drop in kingdom

The 36-year-old elephant is healthy, physically fit and in high spirits at the Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary in Oddar Meanchey province, according to Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra on December 8. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH, Dec 12 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): A year on since Kaavan arrived at his new home in a northern Cambodian sanctuary, the once “world’s loneliest elephant” has undergone a dramatic transformation, according to Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra has announced.

Kaavan’s colour now better resembles that of a wild elephant, his body is bulkier and stockier, his tusks are slightly longer, his toenails are in better shape, and there’s more hair on his back, he said.