HSH Princess Stephanie held a party on July 13 in Fonbonne to celebrate the fourth anniversary of her much-publicised adoption of the elephants Baby and Nepal, which were due to be euthanised in 2012 over suspected tuberculosis. Some 11,000 people had signed a petition to spare the elephants and film-star-turned-animal-rights campaigner Brigitte Bardot threatened to move to Russia if they were put down. A stay of execution was granted. Princess Stephanie rescued Baby and Nepal, ages 42 and 43, from the Zoo Tete d’Or (Lyon) after and gave them sanctuary on the … Continue reading Elephants and guests celebrate four good years