Maali, shipped from Sri Lanka when she was three, has been kept in a concrete pen of the Manila Zoo since then.Photo: Alan Robles Maali, shipped from Sri Lanka when she was three, has been kept in a concrete pen of the Manila Zoo since then.Photo: Alan Robles
Maali, shipped from Sri Lanka when she was three, has been kept in a concrete pen of the Manila Zoo since then.Photo: Alan Robles
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Mayor Estrada wrestles with jumbo problem

Plan to provide Maali the lonely elephant with companions fails to pacify 'interfering' activists

Alan Robles
Alan Robles

Updated: 2:51pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Maali, shipped from Sri Lanka when she was three, has been kept in a concrete pen of the Manila Zoo since then.Photo: Alan Robles Maali, shipped from Sri Lanka when she was three, has been kept in a concrete pen of the Manila Zoo since then.Photo: Alan Robles
Maali, shipped from Sri Lanka when she was three, has been kept in a concrete pen of the Manila Zoo since then.Photo: Alan Robles
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