ARMENIAN, GEORGIAN ELEPHANTS TO MARRY IN TBILISI TODAY

17:08 12.06.2014

The Armenian Grand elephant will arrive at Tbilisi Zoo today. A female
elephant named Malka is looking forward to his arrival. In preparation
for the wedding the bride is even doing manicures and pedicures.

The broom weighing 6 tones will arrive in Tbilisi in a special trailer
accompanied by a delegation of employees of Yerevan and Tbilisi Zoos.

“Grant will stay in Georgia. In exchange, the Tbilisi Zoo will
send a young elephant to Yerevan,” Press Secretary of the Zoo Mziya
Sharashidze told Gruzia Online.

Today the Tbilisi Zoo will be closed to visitors connected with the
arrival of a new inhabitant.

According to the Press Service of the Yerevan Zoo, Grand will not
only marry, but will also undergo a surgery in Tbilisi. He has been
suffering from tusk problems for eight years now.