Pakistan, Nov. 24 -- Kaavan's journey from Pakistan to Cambodia is soon to become a reality, as the country's last Asian elephant's CITES permit has been issued by the Federal Ministry of Climate Change.

Earlier in October, the Cambodian government issued a transfer permit to allow Kaavan's relocation to a sanctuary from Islamabad zoo.

The elephant will leave Pakistan on November 29, to go to his new home in Cambodia where he will lead a safe and better life.

In 1985, one-year-old Kaavan was gifted to Pakistan by Sri Lanka. Kaavan is now known as the world's loneliest and saddest elephant, as he has been living in Islamabad's Marghazar zoo under conditions. He is alone since his partner, Saheli, died in 2012. Elephants, naturally, live...