Can Pakistan save the last two of its four captive African elephants?
Of four elephants brought to Pakistan in 2009, two have died.
Al Jazeera English reports: Of four elephants brought to Pakistan in 2009, two have died.
Now, two others are ill, raising welfare concerns.
This world story centres on Pakistan.
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