What happened to the 3 elephants from Hatari after movie was filmed Did they go a zoo?

The fate of the elephants used in the movie "Hatari!" was not as depicted in the film, where they were supposed to be released back into the wild. According to various sources, the three elephants used in the movie, named Malaika, Barbara, and Gypsy, were not sent to a zoo after filming.

Barbara, the female elephant ridden by Red Buttons in the film, reportedly died of a ruptured gut in 1968 at a Hollywood zoo.

Gypsy, the elephant calf raised by Hardy Krüger's character in the movie, was said to have been sold to an animal trainer named Charlie Hanson, who used her for circus acts. Her eventual fate is not widely known.

Malaika, the large bull elephant that carried John Wayne's character, had his tusks artificially capped for the film to make them look longer. After "Hatari!", he appeared in several other movies, including "Circus World" and "Valley of the Giants". Malaika was later owned by an animal trainer named Ralph Helfer until he passed away in 2005 at age 54.

Therefore, the information presented in the film regarding the release of the elephants back into the wild was fictional, and the elephants used in the movie faced various fates after filming, including some potentially not as fortunate.