Thai elephant prepares for flight back home from Sri Lanka
epa10713325 Elephant keepers try to adapt an ailing Thai elephant named Sak Surin or Muthu Raja to the flight cage at the National Zoological Garden in Dehiwala Suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 27 June 2023. Sak Surin, also known as Muthu Raja, is a 29-year-old elephant that the Thai government gave to the Sri Lankan government in 2001. After two decades, the Thai government is preparing to fly Elephant Saksurin back to Thailand on a charter plane to receive medical attention because he is ill and lives in deplorable conditions. EPA/CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE 20577
