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Zoo’s Last Elephant Is Sent to Sierra Sanctuary

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From Times Staff and Wire Reports

The San Francisco Zoo’s last elephant left this week for a sanctuary in the Sierra foothills, where she’ll have other pachyderms for company and a lot more space.

Zoo officials said they were sad to see Lulu go on Thursday, leaving the zoo without a resident elephant, but they said the 38-year-old female will be happier there.

After two zoo elephants died last year, animal-rights activists pressured the city to send its remaining elephants to larger sanctuaries in Calaveras County.

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Tinkerbelle, an Asian elephant, left in November.

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