00:00This crate will hold some very large and very valuable cargo.
00:06It, and another almost identical crate, will carry Perth Zoo's two Asian elephants, Putramas and Pumai, to South Australia.
00:14We needed to make sure we designed a crate that was not only safe and comfortable for the elephants, but you know, welfare is paramount.
00:20These crates weigh 4,000 kilograms and are designed to hold a 4,000 kilogram elephant.
00:27Perth Company, CAD's fabrication won the tender to build them.
00:32A unique challenge compared to its usual business in mining.
00:36It's something a bit different, something left to field and they enjoy getting involved with it and it's sort of, everyone talks about it and all that sort of stuff.
00:43It's not just another job sort of thing.
00:46It was a task the company embraced.
00:48Obviously they're really tall. We've got to put them on a truck. We're getting pretty close to them being over height.
00:54There was also considerations on how we're going to strap them down, how we're going to load them, how we're going to lift them.
01:01Getting the pachyderms ready has been a long process.
01:04The crate training with the elephants so far has been relatively smooth.
01:09We've had a couple of moments of regression, so where they're comfortable and then suddenly something has spooked them and they lose that confidence, but it doesn't last long.
01:19The crates will be placed here in the elephant's enclosure at Perth Zoo, replacing this one which was borrowed from Taronga.
01:26The time frame for their departure remains unclear, as does their mode of transport.
01:31We're still working through the logistics. It's early. We're on the elephant's time frame as well.
01:35We're hoping by mid next year that we would have started the move, but that's still to be decided.
01:42One thing is certain, Putramas and Pumai are one step closer to moving to their forever home.
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