World's only swimming elephant nears retirement

Mon, 23 May 2011

17:10

Even if you may not have a mammoth desire to read this, click on the link, for the maginificent pictures.

The story is about Rajan, the world's last and only ocean swimming elephant, whois edging a step closer to a well-earned retirement.

The dailymail.co.uk reports that the the three-ton bull elephant has almost reached the �37,000 target his owners need to pay back the loan they took out to buy his freedom. That was three years ago, and in the years since, Rajan, 61, has entertained and stunned photographers all willing to pay for the privilege of spending time with the world's last swimming elephant.

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