WICHITA- Elephants from Swaziland arrived in Wichita on Friday on their way to a new home at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

A large crowd was on hand as the elephants arrived with an escort from the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Department.

The zoo is building a new home for the animals.

The Elephants of the Zambezi River Valley will be the third largest elephant exhibit in the country.

It encompass more than 5 acres of sprawling outdoors space, plus an indoor facility and world’s largest elephant pool at 550,000 gallons.