Belfast Zoo prepares to bid a fond farewell to Asian elephants Dhunja and Yhetto

Belfast Zoo will mark the transfer of Asian elephants Dhunja and Yhetto - two of its oldest - with a week of farewell events from July 8-14.
Final preparations are now underway for the pair’s move to Burgers’ Zoo in Arnhem, Netherlands, where they will join with two other compatible elephants to create a new herd - the ideal social structure for older female elephants in their later years.
Visitors can wish Dhunja and Yhetto a happy retirement and join elephant-themed activities in the run-up to their transfer, including themed crafts, keeper talks, animal feeding times, memory postcards and a daily screening of movie The Zoo.
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Video: Harry Bateman
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[@jackmcalinden4592]

Bring them back

[@writerconsidered]

Elephants are another smart animal that shouldn't be in captivity.

[@jmo2104]

Wait. They're rescuing them from here to take them to another zoo!?!? Why are they not going to an elephant sanctuary!? Zoos are animal prisons and should be illegal.

[@patrickwasp]

Prisons are prisons for people and should be illegal