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Animal rights advocate Bob Barker has offered to cover the cost of transporting three African elephants from the Toronto Zoo to an animal welfare sanctuary in California. That’s not a cheap service, but if anyone should know what things cost it’s the former Price is Right host. Nida Siddiqui takes a look at Bob Barker by the price tag.

$200,000 Estimated cost of transporting three elephants from the Toronto Zoo to the PAWS sanctuary near Sacramento, Calif. Mr. Barker said the number he was given was $187,000, but that was expected to rise to $200,000+ although he didn’t have all the details of how they would be shipped.

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$445,500 Approximate cost of express shipping the weight of three elephants by FedEx. This is calculated assuming an average weight of 4,500 kg per elephant and a rate of $330 per 10kg. This, of course, also assumes that Fed-Ex ships elephants.

$2.5-million What Mr. Barker donated to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, aka PETA, in 2010 to help it set up a new office in Los Angeles.

$112,845 Value of the most expensive single prize offered on The Price is Right — a Tesla Roadster.

$5-million The amount Mr. Barker donated to an activist group featured on the Animal Planet series to purchase a 1,200-tonne ship to help stop a Japanese whaling mission.

$147,517 Total value of cash and prizes of the biggest winner on The Price is Right.

$24.99 Price of Bob Barker’s autobiography, Priceless Memories, hardcover version, on Amazon.com

National Post

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