Elephant mother and daughter to be reunited in Zurich after 28 years
Panang, an Asian elephant in Munich zoo, will be reunited with her mother in Zurich after 28 years apart
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For 28 years Panang, an Asian elephant, has been separated from her mother, Ceyla-Himali, by the 150 miles between Munich and Zurich.
In that time Panang, 34, has gradually risen up the social hierarchy among the elephants in Hellabrunn zoo, while Ceyla-Himali, 48, has another two living offspring that have yet to meet their sister.
Now the mother and daughter is to be reunited. The keepers in Munich have spent weeks preparing for Panang to be shipped to Switzerland in a customised heated container so she can settle down with her relatives in an atmosphere that more closely resembles how elephants live in the wild.
“The idea behind it is that elephants in zoos, just like the other members of their species out in the
