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We saw these elephants as we were returning to Hua Hin after visiting the Pa La U Waterfalls. Taken with a Canon A95 P&S. The one in the middle of the road looking slightly at the camera had gone out on the road first to check and make sure everything was clear for the family to cross the road. When we first accidently went by her, she charged us (before we knew there was more than one).
Elephant Orphanage was established in 16th February 1975 in a beautiful greenish land with fruitful coconut trees and having grasses over the underground, in Pinnawala, Rambukkana, Kegalle, Sri Lanka, by the Department of Wild Life Conservation. At the beginning of orphanage there were only five orphan baby elephants those who brought from different places of the island. From the inceptions to date, Neela, Wijaya, Kadira, Mathali and Kumari are some of babies that were brought to the facility still living in the orphanage. Since then orphan elephants brought to the orphanage from different parts of the island and brought up at the orphanage. They were fed with milk as well as array of fodder.
Due to loss of habitats and fragmentation of forests, due to various activities such as development of agricultural projects, human encroachment to the forest for settlement and cultivation, construction of roads and railways. Elephants are in threat for their survival. Elephants are poached for their tusks and illegal trading are some of the causes for declining of population these giants in Sri Lanka. Baby elephants are being fallen into agricultural wells, drains and pits. The resultant Human Elephant Conflicts, which records the deaths of both the humans and elephants, is the greatest threat to Sri Lanka’s wild elephant population. As a result of anthropogenic activities young animals were become orphans in the wild and for the conservation of such animals an institution was formed in 1975 under the Department of Wildlife Conservation.
Since 1983 the elephant orphanage has being governing by the Department of National Zoological Gardens. First captive birth of the orphanage had taken place on 05th July 1984. There are 78 elephants in orphanage now and there are 69 births in the orphanage and increase the number of elephants in the herd.
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Baby female African elephant Zuri was born on August 10, 2009. Hogle Zoo, April 28, 2011, Salt Lake City, Utah
Postscript: on October 17, 2023, Zuri and her mother Christie entered special transportation crates to be transported via truck and then by plane to join a multigenerational herd. For the first time in 100 years, the zoo will no longer have elephants.
Tangkahan, a small village on the edge of the jungle of northern Sumatra is probably my favourite place in that part of the island. It's all about the elephants here - and very up close and personal encounters (though I couldn't help but think that it's only a matter of time before an accident occurs!!).
These elephants were feeding on young trees & shrubs, flattening the thorns with their feet and then devouring branches whole.
"Elephants Communicating" by Ratchakrit Wichaiyo,another bright Elephant.Part of the Elephant Parade at the Gateshead Shoping Centre.
The Asian or Asiatic Elephant , sometimes known by the name of one of its subspecies, the Indian Elephant, is one of the three living species of elephant. It is the largest living land animal in Asia. It is considered endangered due to habitat loss and poaching
African bush elephant - Loxodonta africana – Саванный слон
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Maasai Mara National Reserve, Narok County, Kenya, 07/22/2017
The display reads:
African Elephant
Loxodonta africana
Elephants are hunted for their tusks despite a world-wide ban.
Most do not live past 35 years of age due to poaching.
Range:
Found in the savannahs of central and southern Africa.
Diet:
African elephants eat grass, tree bark, leaves and some fruits and vegetables. They have to eat twice what they need because they digest only half of what is consumed.
Fun Fact
Each elephant herd is made of related females: sisters, aunts and cousins; and their juvenile offspring. They're led by the oldest female called the matriarch. Because of her experience, she remembers where to find water holes and feeding areas, and leads them to the herd.
Taken April 28th, 2016.