Planning has commenced to send Perth Zoo’s two Asian Elephants, Permai and Putra Mas, to their ‘forever home’ in South Australia in late 2024.

Permai has been without a mate since the passing of Tricia just over a year ago.

Perth Zoo Acting Executive Director Claire Wright spoke with Julie-anne Sprague on Afternoons and detailed the need for the elephants to have a new matriarch.

“Typically the female elephants gather in a matriarchal herd and so they absolutely need to have other female elephants with them.”

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