Mammoth journey ahead as elephants leave Kent zoo for the Kenyan savannah
By Patrick Greenfield – The Guardian All but one of the herd of 13 were born in captivity, but conservationists hope they can be ‘rewilded’ A herd of elephants born and raised in a Kent zoo are about to get on a plane to travel almost 4,500 miles (7,000km) to Kenya, in order to reintroduce them to the wild in a first-of-its kind...