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When the pop star got involved in saving an elephant in an Islamabad zoo, detailed in a new documentary, she also had to fight an uncomfortable feeling: "I kept saying, " I m just an entertainer. "
Cher with elephant Kaavan. Image: Zoobs Ansari/Smithsonian Channel
Cher felt powerless.
This is not an admission you expect from a woman who has been a superstar since the mid-1960s, with 100 million records sold and 3.9 million Twitter followers.
But when the pop star got involved in helping save an elephant stuck in a zoo in Islamabad under terrible conditions, Cher also had to fight an uncomfortable feeling. I kept saying to all my friends, I m just an entertainer, I m just an entertainer, Cher says now, as the streaming service Paramount+ debuts the documentary
Cher & the Loneliest Elephant (the documentary airs on the Smithsonian Channel on May 19). It s a film about the years-long effort to save Kaavan, a 4-ton, malnourished elephant who had been kept in chains for decades in a run-down area of the Islamabad Zoo in Pakistan before he was moved to a wildlife sanctuary in Cambodia last year.
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This image released by The Smithsonian Channel shows Cher feeding elephant Kaavan in a scene from Cher & The Loneliest
Elephant, premiering on the Smithsonian Channel on May 19. (Zoobs Ansari/Smithsonian Channel via AP) May 19, 2021 - 1:51 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) â Cherâs rescue of an elephant long held in dismal conditions is a one-of-a-kind story, as would be expected from the singular star.
Even she was surprised by what her efforts â in concert with a team of animal aid groups, wildlife veterinarians and Pakistanâs legal system â achieved for Kaavan, she said during a panel discussion taping.
â I donât know anything about this. Iâm just an entertainer. I canât save this elephant, â Cher recalled thinking when the animalâs plight was brought to her attention by what she calls âthe kidsâ on her Twitter feed.