Elephant falls in love with zoo keeper

An love-struck elephant has fallen for her zoo keeper.

Five, an African elephant, fell for her 30-year-old keeper, Lawrence Bates, when he was given the task of looking after her at the West Midland Safari Park.

And workers at the zoo think it must be the world’s biggest ever crush.



The romance first blossomed when Lawrence joined the Bewdley-based park in 2006.

Since then Five, who is 17, has showered him with thousands of wet kisses and special hugs using her trunk.

A spokeswoman for West Midlands Safari Park, said: “Five simply adores Lawrence and she can regularly be seen giving him a kiss and a cuddle”