Philippine Star
Marc Jayson Cayabyab – The Philippine Star December 31, 2021 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Manila Mayor Isko Moreno promised the proper care of Mali at the Manila Zoo even as an animal rights group yesterday sought the elephant’s transfer to a sanctuary. Mali, the zoo’s resident elephant since 1977, was given a bigger enclosure in the renovated facility, which reopened last night. Rochelle Regodon, policy manager of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), in a letter to Moreno, said Mali deserved to stay with other elephants in a wildlife sanctuary in Thailand. PETA said it i…