epa10721713 Workers preparing the flight cage made for carrying an ailing Thai elephant named Sak Surin, also known as 'Muthu Raja', at the National Zoological Garden in Dehiwala Suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 01 July 2023. Sak Surin is a 29-year-old elephant received by Sri Lanka as a gift from the Thai government in 2001. After two decades, the ailing elephant was flown back to Thailand on a charter plane on 01 July to receive medical care. EPA/CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE
