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Elephants crossing a river.
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Taken from ... Tekkinkaadu Maidhanam ( a beautiful place ..situated in centre of Thrissur town )
Elephants name is AYYAPPAN ...The boy near to the elephant is junior papaan .
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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The swift knee to the face was a very quick 'put down' and the elephant on the right moved in fast to aid the baby's escape.
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These were taken during a recent trip to the Saigon Zoo. Again me playing with the effects in iphoto, just thought this was a better image b/w not as the original color
They have a really nice show with elephants performing various talent acts. Here the elephant is painting a picture of roses.
The Sri Lankan Elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) is the nominate subspecies of the Asian Elephant
The Sri Lankan Elephant is an herbivore. It eats grasses, leaves, bark, fallen fruits (such as wood apple) and palm leaves (like coconut leaf). Kitulpalm tree (Caryota urens) is a favorite food. Large bulls need nearly 200 kg of food per day.
The historical range of the Sri Lankan Elephant includes all Sri Lankan eco-regions: lowland rainforests, montane forest and the Sri Lankan dry-zone forest. Today the Sri Lankan Elephant is extinct from montane forest and occupies mainly dry-zone forests, although a small population lives in rainforests.
The Sri Lankan Elephant is endangered. Ivory trade in Sri Lanka had a very long history for more than 2000 years. In 1800s and early 1900s many bull elephants killed by trophy hunting. Between 1999-end of 2006 every year nearly 100 Wild Elephants were killed. Today few elephants live out side protected areas. Tusk elephants are very rare to see in wild due to heavy poaching. Only 5%-7% of wild elephants have tusks. Very low numbers of elephants live in Peak Wilderness sanctuary. The forest covers about 220 square km of lowland and montane rainforest. This is likely the only wild elephant population that lives in the rainforest. Historically large numbers of elephants lived in the rainforest.