CLEVELAND, July 24 Three female elephants at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo will soon be living elsewhere due to a planned renovation of the pachyderm facility.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer said Tuesday elephants Martika, Moshi and Jo must be moved by early 2008 at the latest.
The relocation of the massive beasts could potentially be a permanent move.
The three mammals originally came to the Cleveland Zoo a decade ago from Africa and immediately bonded with their keeper Meghan Sharp.
Sharp said the three female elephants even appeared to somehow recognize major milestones in her own life.
"When I came back from my wedding and honeymoon after two weeks off, Martika went immediately for my ring with her trunk," Sharp said. "She was fascinated.
"Jo kept going to my belly with her trunk," the zookeeper told the Plain Dealer about a later incident. "Finally, my boss said, 'Are you pregnant again?'
"I didn't know it yet, but I was -- with my son," she added.
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