Bob Barker paying up to $1 million to send trio of elephants to PAWS in San Andreas

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AP Photo/PAWS/Zoocheck Canada, Jo-Anne McArthur

Bob Barker paying up to $1 million to send trio of elephants to PAWS in San Andreas

In this image taken on April 5, 2011, provided by PAWS/Zoocheck Canada, an African elephant, Toka, age 41, is shown in the Toronto Zoo in Toronto, Canada. Toka is being retired from the zoo after 37 years, and will be flown on Aug. 2, 2012, to PAWS’ 2,300-acre sanctuary in San Andreas, Calif.

AP Photo/PAWS, Lisa Jeffries

Bob Barker paying up to $1 million to send trio of elephants to PAWS in San Andreas

In this image taken on Nov. 14, 2011, provided by PAWS, an African elephant, Mara, 28, originally from San Jose's Happy Hollow Zoo, wanders in a field at PAWS ARK 2000 sanctuary in San Andreas, Calif. She will soon meet three other African elephants retiring from the Toronto Zoo who arrive at the preserve on Aug. 2, 2012.

AP Photo/PAWS, Lisa Jeffries

Bob Barker paying up to $1 million to send trio of elephants to PAWS in San Andreas

In this image taken on July 10, 2012, provided by PAWS, the African habitat where three African elephants, Iringa, 42, Toka, 41, and Thika, 31, will soon reside is shown at PAWS ARK 2000 sanctuary in San Andreas, Calif. African elephants who live to 60 or 70 in the wild, do not survive well past 50 in captivity.