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Neglected elephant boards jumbo flight home to Thailand
COLOMBO: A Thai elephant gifted to Sri Lanka two decades ago was flown back to its birth country on Sunday after a diplomatic spat over the animal's alleged mistreatment.Thai authorities had gifted the 29-year-old Muthu Raja -- also known back in its birthplace as Sak Surin -- to Sri Lanka in 2001.But they demanded it back last year after allegations it was tortured and neglected while housed at a Buddhist temple in the island nation's south.The 4,000-kilogram (8,800-pound) mammal flew out from Colombo airport on Sunday morning on a one-way commercial flight for a repatriation that Thai officials said had cost $700,000.The Ilyushin IL-76 cargo plane carrying Muthu Raja took off around 7:40 a

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