OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Six African elephants have arrived at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium from drought-stricken Swaziland.

Spectators lined 10th Street in Omaha’s Old Market, waving and applauding as a semitrailer drove the crated African elephants toward the zoo.

The elephants were part of a group of 17 elephants imported from Big Game Parks in Swaziland. The plane made a stop in Senegal on its long trip, then dropped off five elephants in Fort Worth, Texas, and six in Wichita, Kansas, before landing in Omaha.

The move was not without its detractors. Earlier this month, a judge denied an animal rights group’s request to stop an import of the elephants from Africa to the three American zoos.