The elephant and the jumbo jet, When you're 11 feet tall and weigh 7 tonnes, going home isn't easy

, ERIC REGULY

Zookeeper Michael Hackenberger has a problem, a really big problem: how to get all seven tonnes of Angus the elephant from Bowmanville Zoo, Ontario, to Kwandwe game reserve in South Africa.

Angus, the world's largest elephant in captivity, is due to be returned to the wild after 24 years, but no one has quite figured out the logistics of moving the beast, who weighs as much as six Ford Focuses.

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