Mali, the elephant in Manila zoo to be transferred to Thailand

I think Mali should spend the rest of his short remaining life in Thailand... it is the best place for him... with other elephants in the forest... he would not be living in the wild because it is a sanctuary where food is provided for them... they have have people who will take care of them... Manila Zoo is not really the best place for an Elephant because the space provided for him is so small... I have been to a sanctuary in Kota Kinabalu... and the Elephants there are well taken cared of... Thailand is a country that values Elephants... it is a country where they are considered as sacred... so i think Mali is better off there...

i think its a bad decision to bring mali back to thaland.at his old age it is dangerous for him to travel and might even risk his life for that.

So sad to see him go since he has indeed survived living here for a long time. But I guess it is a good effort to have him to his own kind and maybe feel some comfort being with his own kind in his last few years of his life. I know they will know how to approach this when he is introduced with other elephants and hopefully they would be accommodating since he is an elephant after all. I do not know if there are other elephants around here in the Philippine Zoos anymore.

i think its a bad decision to bring mali back to thaland.at his old age it is dangerous for him to travel and might even risk his life for that.

Naturally its the best way for him, let him go to nature, I am sure he can adapt to the changes.. Even he is old, i'm sure his instincts will surely dominate and we will be a good addition to the group of elephants..

When does this Mali will go to Thailand? I hope that is going to be on March so that we could see each other there again. I am sure Mali would be missed. I think it is time for Mali to go back to the right place if that is the case. I am wondering what could be the feeling after going to the new place since Mali used to live here for decades I guess! Seems that his departure will be special, I could imagine that. I could also imagine how the people will miss that elephants especially the ones who are taking care of this elephant.

I do not think that if he was transferred to Thailand, they would be leaving him to the forest to fend for himself. There are elephant sanctuaries in Thailand and to be honest, mali is really better off in Thailand because they would be able to care for her needs there better than what we were able to do for her here in manila zoo. Elephants are social animals, they are tamed too, but they probably are okay in groups (groups or family they grew up with). the concern is more for mali if she would be able to adjust because she was not used to being with her own kind for the longest time. I hope she would successfully cope with her elephant "family when she is transferred already. Just curious though, how or why did they think to send her to Thailand? This seemed odd and that we are too obvious in saying we could not help or care for Mali so wer are just sending her away!

I think the 4 years remaining for Maali will be further reduced if she'll be transferred to Thailand. She will have to endure the travel, the stress of transferring from one case to another, from being domesticated to surviving in the wild. I believe this is a pure business and politics issue at Manila Zoo not necessarily of Maali alone. They want the zoo to close down and be able to use the area for business. By the way Sir Maali is a female elephant.

I am not aware of this news, but why did Manila Zoo only decided on it now? I have never been to Manila ZOO for more than 30 years, how has it become? Placing Mali in a different environment might be difficult , but then, I am really not sure how he could just be with other elephants who have have been together all their lives.

Man always would like to play gods over animals, probably siting scripture that he has been given dominion over them since the time of Adam, it was different then, no cages were yet invented

Probably Mali can adapt there in Thailand. Certainly, there are zoologists studied the situation of Mali and decide Mali to be there for his own good. There are probably good reasons.