Chaffee Zoo elephant gets a surprise visit from an old friend

Wednesday, October 14, 2015
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- One of the African elephants at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo was surprised with a special visitor this week.

Amy the elephant was reunited with her old friend Bob Norris. He is the author of a book called "The Cowboy and His Elephant", which is about Amy.
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In the late 1980's Norris took her in when she was separated from her herd in Southern Africa. Since then the two formed a close bond until she became too big to keep at his ranch.

Amy was moved to a wildlife sanctuary in Arkansas until she made the trip to Fresno 5 months ago.

You can visit Amy the elephant this Thursday when the new African Adventure exhibit opens to the public.
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