(6 Apr 1995) English/Nat
A new arrival at the Biblical Lands Zoo in Jerusalem has been causing a big problem for his keepers.
Chappy, the baby elephant adamantly refused to leave his cage and venture out into the big world.
This is the Bible Land Zoo in Jerusalem and the home of baby elephant Chappy.
The young elephant who is nearly eight months old was brought here after being abandoned by his mother in his native home of Thailand.
Chappy's new owners imported a special milk formula from Holland to feed the young animal.
His personal attendant, Orna Reshef, did all she could do to try and tempt little Chappy out of his original cage, but only today (Thursday) did Chappy finally agree to budge.
He will eventually share his new cage with four other elephants who will also be brought from Thailand.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Chappy is nearly eight months old now, and we just yesterday
moved him to the new elephant house we built for him. He was born in
the Safari in Ramat Gan, but his mother kicked him and almost killed
him so he had to be removed. He belongs to us by some breeding
agreement so we got him when he was ten days old."
SUPER CAPTION: Orna Reshef, zoo keeper
The young animal is slowly getting used to his new surroundings:
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"He was very hysterical when we tried to remove him, and very
afraid and it took us almost four hours to take him out of the
trailer we brought for him, but he is o.k now he is much more
relaxed today, he is going outside and we have an inner yard for
him and he is already going outside and playing a little and we hope
he is going to be o.k."
SUPER CAPTION: Orna Reshef, zoo keeper
All at the zoo are feeling sure that Chappy will thrive in his new surroundings finally able to face the big, sometimes scary, world.
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