by KYW's Hadas Kuznits
This weekend is your last chance to see the elephants at the Philadelphia Zoo.
The Philadelphia Zoo says goodbye to Bet and Kali.
"I’m very sad, but I think they are going to a very good place"
Chief operating officer Andy Baker says the African elephants are moving to Pittsburgh:
"We had planned for a very exciting elephant, Savannah and our financial capacity just was not there to carry it out at the time."
He says it was a hard decision to make:
"Last week when I sent out the staff notification that we were really reaching the point that they would be moving, my hand sort of sat over the send button. It just felt like a much more difficult act than I thought it would be."
And the kids say the elephants will be missed:
"Dear elephants, I hope you have a safe trip. I have seen you since I was a baby so I will miss you very much. Love Sophia"
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