She was the last and only elephant in the Philippines
AN elephant dubbed by activists as the world’s saddest has died at a Philippine zoo where she spent almost all of her life alone.
Vishwamali, better known as Mali to locals, has spent over four decades at Manila Zoo after being kidnapped by the country’s dictator and gifted to his wife.
She has been the Zoo’s star after being gifted to the dictator’s wife in 1977Credit: AFP
Mali has died on Tuesday after suffering congestive heart failure and other health issuesCredit: ViralPress
She was just three years old when she arrived in the capital Manila from Sri Lanka in 1977 as a gift to Imelda Marcos, the notorious shoe-loving wife of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Sir Paul McCartney and PETA have called to transfer Mali to an elephant sanctuary in ThailandCredit: AFP
Wild elephants can live up to age of 60-70 years but Mali died at 43Credit: Getty