She was taken from the wild as a calf in Zimbabwe in the 1980's and has spent the last 40 years in captivity in zoos in Europe. She has been living alone at a zoo in Belgium since 2022 following the death of her companion, and the zoo had been looking for a new home for her.

Her move was planned for May but was postponed after a series of infections, which cost her part of her ear. She was finally deemed fit to travel this week and set off on her 2000-km journey late on Monday. The team from Pangea are with her on the road and report that she's doing remarkably well. She will be the second resident at the world-renowned sanctuary, which is the first of its kind in Europe, where she will join Julie, Portugal's last circus elephant, who arrived in July this year.

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She's just crossed the Spanish border and is now over halfway through her 2000-km journey from a zoo in Belgium. We will keep you updated on progress.

You can help with Kariba's care here: https://www.pangeatrust.org/donate/

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