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>>> A BITTERSWEET
FAREWELL TO A PAIR OF
POPULAR PACHYDERMS.
AFTER 46 YEARS THE
ELEPHANT4@ EXHIBIT I4@S
GOING TO BE CLOSING IN
THE CURRENT RESIDENCE
MS. ROBIN AND BELL, WILL
BE MOVED TO A NEW ZOO4@
PORTAL BRANDON TAYLOR
JOERGER'S LIFE FROM
RIVERBANKS ZOO AS THE
ZOO CELEBRATES WORLD
ELEPHANT4@ DAY.
BRANDON CARR TELL US
WHAT'S GOING O4@N OUT
THERE4@
>> R4@eporter: YOU, GOOD
MORNING, WHITNEY AND4@
ANDREA.
I TAKE A I MEMBER COMING
TO RIVERBANKS ZOO AS A
BOY AND STATING AT T4@HIS
ALIEN BEING 4@MESMERIZED
BY HIS BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS
ANIMALS THAT CAN WEIGH
UP TO 4@14,000 POUNDS4@.
SO WE WANTED TO KNOW,
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO
MO4@VE AN ANIMAL OF THIS
SIZE TO A NEW ZOO?
TAKE A LOOK4@4@.
IF YOU HAVE EVER MOVED,
YOU KNOW HOW STRESSFUL
IT CAN BE, ESPECIALLY
MOVING SOMETHING THE
SIZE OF A HOUSE4@.
>> WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW
IS WE STARTED REPAIRING
THEM FOR THEIR N4@EW
JOURNEAND THEIR NEW
ADVENTURE AT ANOTHER ZOO4@.
PART OF THAT COMES WITH
A LOT OF TRAINING.
>> Reporter: JON DAVIS
IS THE DIRECTOR OF
ANIMAL CARE AND WELFARE
AT RIVERBANKS ZOO AND
GARDEN.
HE SPENT MORE THAN 30
YEARS WORKING WITH THESE
MAGNIFICENT AFRICAN
MOMENTS4@4@
ELEPHANT.
MOMENTS4@4@ ELEPHANT. >> SINCE 1974 THESE
OFFERS HAVE BEEN A PART
OF RIVERBANKS AND THE
COMMUN4@ITY SO IT'S A SAD
MOMENT FOR US BUT WE
KNOW WE ARE MAKING THE
RIGHT DECISION FOR BOTH4@
THE ELEPHANT.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO GET A
BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK
AT SOME TRAINING BEING
DONE TO HELP ENSURE
ANIMAL SAFETY.4@
TRAINING ROBIN AND BELL
SEEMED TO ENJOY4@.
>> ELEPHANTS PARTICIPATE
EVERY DAY IN THEIR OWN
CAMERA COMING OVER TO
THE TRAINERS AT
PRESENTING DIFFERENT
BODY PARTS SO THE
KEEPERS CAN EXAMINE THEM.
OF COURSE THEY GET4@ HIGH
REWARDS WITHOUT4@ SPECIAL.
>> THE TREE INCLUDES
TRAINED INTO CRIME INTO
THEIR TRAINING 4@CRAIG.
WHEN THE TIME COMES THE
ANIMALS WILL BE LOADED
INTO THE CRATE AND
DIFFERENT TO THEIR NEW
HOME BUT THEY WON'T BE
ALONE.
THE BONDED PAIR WILL BE
JOINED BY YOU IN
LOCATING WHICH INCLUDES
A VETERINARIAN
>> WE ASSUME IT'S FOR
THE BEST4@ IN ALL CARE
PROVIDERS AND ANIMAL
TRANSPORTERS TO MAKE
SURE IT'S A SMOOTH AND
SEAMLESS TRANSITION FOR
ROBIN AND BELL4@
>> THOSE WHO HAD4@ NOT
OFFICIALLY4@ ANNOUNCED
WHERE THE ANIMALS WILL
RELOCATE SO YOU STILL
HAVE TIME FOR YOUR
FAMILY TO COME OUT AND
VISIT4@.
THE ANIMALS ARE NOT
GOING TO BE MOVED UNTIL
SOMETIME THIS FALL.
IN HONOR4@ OF WORLD
ELEPHANT DAY'S4@ WAS
KICKING OFF ROBIN AND
BELLS FAREWELL TOUR4@.
VISITORS LABOR CHANCE TO
SIGN THIS WISH WILL
FOLLOW ROBIN AND BELL TO
THEIR NEW HOME.
COMING UP WI4@LL TALK TO
JON DAVIS ABOUT WH4@AT THE
ELEPHANTS ADMIT TO THIS
COMMUNITY AND THE NEW
EXHIBIT COMING TO4@
RIVERBANKS.
LIVE IN COLUMBIA,
BRANDON TAYLOR,4@ WLTX.
>> LADIES, BACK TO YOU.
>> WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT
THE NEW EXHIBIT EVEN
THOUGH WE ARE SO SAD4@ TO
SEE THE ELEPHANTS GO.
>> I KNOW.
>> EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE
ONE OF THE SPLICING
>> I KNOW. >> EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE ONE OF THE SPLICING4@
SERVICE, THEY WERE ONE
OF OUR FAVORITE.
>> WHEN YOU GO TO
RIVERBANKS, YOU KNOW
YOU'RE ABOUT TO COME UP
ON THE ELEPHANT EXHIBIT
PART.
>> THOSE AND THE
FLAMINGOS.
>> AMIGOS, IT'S ONE OF
MY FAVORITE THINGS TO
SEE AT THE ZOO.
THEY ARE MAJESTIC.
4@
SEE AT THE ZOO. THEY ARE MAJESTIC. >> WE ARE SAD TO SEE
THEM GO4@.
WE HAVE TO GO SAY
GOODBYE.
>> YEAH.
BRANDON IS THERE4@ TODAY.
WE USED TO HAVE A ZOO
WHEN BRANDON WAS YOUNG4@.
IT WAS A GREAT THING TO
DO BEFORE TODDLERS WENT
TO SCHOOL.
IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT OUT4@
TO RIVERBANKS TODAY, THE
KICKOFF EVENT TO
CELEBRATE WORLD ELEPHANT
DAY, THEY WILL HAVE A4@
BUNCH OF THINGS AT
10:00 O'CLOCK UNTIL
3:00 O'CLOCK.
HERE IS A FULL LIST YOU
CAN SEE THE ELEPHANTS.
YOU CAN GET UP CLOSE AND
PERSONAL WITH ONE OF
THEM AND COME IF YOU
WANT, YOU CAN SCOOP THE
POOP4@.
WHO DOESN'T WANT TO4@ DO
THAT?
>> THAT'S CLEV4@ER.
>> YOU CAN GET A MEET
AND GREET4@ AT PRESENT 30
SO IF YOU CAN GO WANTED
TO