Lonely elephant better off here, says Longleat

ALMOST 400,000 people have signed a petition to rehome Britain’s ‘loneliest’ elephant.

Activists, including actress Joanna Lumley, want her moved from Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire to a sanctuary in France, to be with other elephants.

But Longleat, which looks after Anne in a £1.2million enclosure, said the sanctuary in Limousin, launched in 2012, was yet to look after any elephants and ‘certainly not one with Anne’s complex care requirements.’

It added: ‘Anne would be their first and only elephant.’

TWO Airbnb owners have swapped their holiday rental’s guests for stranded seal pups.

Volunteers Lizzi Larbalestier and husband Julian spend their spare time rescuing lost, ill or injured pups with British Divers Marine Life Rescue.

Due to a lack of sanctuary space, the pair offered their home as an overflow facility to house pups before they are ready to go to a seal sanctuary ahead being released.

Two seals are able to stay in pens in their Airbnb studio and four in the garage at Perranporth, Cornwall, at any one time – with the couple helping to save more than 100 since September.

‘My husband isn’t sure if it will ever smell the same again,’ said Ms Larbalestier.

■ Exports to the EU were down 68 per cent in January compared to the same period last year, according to the Road Haulage Association (Metro, Mon).

It’s February 8 and already you’re making comparisons. Let’s not forget we are also in the middle of a pandemic. Get back in your pram and stop this ridiculous scaremongering.

We spent 40 years shackled to Europe and we’re less than two months out. Give this thing time and then compare life under normal circumstances.

Think positively. In comparison to the rest of Europe, the UK is getting jabs left, right and centre. Had we still been in Europe, how far along would we be with that?