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#ThisMatters: How do you save an elephant? You need several animal rights organizations, a court order...and CHER. The BBC’s @SecKermani has the story of what happened when the world’s loneliest elephant, met a world famous pop star. @cher @ftwglobal

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Kaavan the elephant ended up in Pakistan on the whims of a little girl whose dad was a military dictator, languished for 35 years, lost his best friend Saheli, 8 years ago, and was very lonely and sad. And then he made an unexpected ally. Cher.

.@cher first learned about Kaavan in 2016. She and her animal welfare organization @ftwglobal along with @fourpawsint have been trying for years to win his freedom from terrible conditions at the Islamabad zoo. Their fight for other animals there is not over.

So how did a music icon on the other side of the world help a very sad elephant find a new life in Cambodia? It turns out that the “world’s loneliest elephant” was destined to make many friends. Including one that helped him appreciate Frank Sinatra.

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