With songs and sedation, experts aim to rescue Kaavan the Islamabad elephant

Kavaan, a 29-year-old male elephant, is seen inside its enclosure at a zoo in Islamabad, Pakistan June 22, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood Picture taken June 22, 2016.ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The trick to calming an unhappy elephant? Sing him Frank Sinatra songs, according to one of the vets tasked with assessing whether Kaavan can be moved from poor conditions in a zoo in Pakistan’s capital to a sanctuary in Cambodia. Amir Khalil, a vet who has worked in war zones to rescue animals, is now in Islamabad with welfare org
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