How Cher Helped Save the 'World's Loneliest Elephant' and Even Sang to Him: 'It Was Life-Changing'
Cher and Kaavan.Photo: Courtesy The Smithsonian Channel WhenCherfirst learned about Kaavan — azoo pachyderm known as “The World’s Loneliest Elephant”— via Twitter, she remembers thinking, “I can’t go to Islamabad and save an elephant.” But over the course of the next four years, that’s exactly what she did. To ensure Kaavan made the trip safely, his rescuers created a custom crate to carry the elephant and outfitted and reinforced a plane for the animal....