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Oregon Zoo"s baby elephant gets a kick-start

Assistant curator Gilbert Gomez (left) and elephant keeper Dimas Dominguez support the new elephant calf Saturday at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore. Behind them is elephant keeper Pam Starkey.

2008-08-24 - Portland, United States.

Rose-Tu has given birth to her first baby, the 28th elephant born in the history of the Oregon Zoo. The 14-year-old Asian elephant delivered the 286-pound male calf Saturday afternoon and immediately kicked it, a common way mother elephants encourage infants to stand. Zookeepers, however, rushed in when the kicking became too violent. Mike Keele, the zoo's deputy director, believes that because Rose-Tu had never seen a birth before, she became confused when the baby was born. "Our veterinarians ...


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Melbourne Zoo’s new elephant is pregnant

2008-08-19 - Melbourne, Australia.

Melbourne Zoo has confirmed that 15 year old Dokkoon, one of three Asian Elephants that arrived in November 2006, is pregnant. The pregnancy is the result of artificial insemination carried out in March by the Melbourne Zoo and visiting fertility specialists from the Berlin Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research. Bong Su, Melbourne Zoo’s bull elephant is the father. The pregnancy was confirmed by ultrasound in early June. The ultrasound showed a black sack of amniotic fluid containing a tiny ...


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Zoo welcomes baby elephant, mourns passing of its mother

Mary, left, an elephant at the Montgomery Zoo, is joined by Star and Mary

2008-08-19 - Mont­gomery, United States. Teri Greene

A male African elephant calf born early Thursday morning at the Mont­gomery Zoo was the second elephant calf born at the zoo within the past year. But the joyous occasion was soon marred by sorrow. After giving birth, the elephant calf's 23-year-old mother became ill. She died Saturday, reported Sarah McKemey of the Montgomery Zoo. Preliminary necropsy results in­dicate that Mary, one of the zoo's per­manent elephant herd, died from complications due to colic with intes­tinal rupture...


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Oregon Zoo awaits baby elephant that could supercharge attendance

elephant keeper Bob Lee trains Rose-Tu to sit up so her feet can be checked. Rose-Tu will be giving give birth soon, and physical conditioning is important.

2008-08-18 - Portland, United States. Katy Muldoon, The Oregonian

Anxiety simmers at the Oregon Zoo, and it's no wonder. For the first time in 14 years, just as the zoo faces key decisions about its future, one of its Asian elephants the institution's flagship species is about to give birth. If all goes well, an adorably wobbly, floppy-eared calf could draw tens of thousands of extra visitors and prompt a wave of positive publicity at an opportune time: Metro, which owns the zoo, will ask voters in November to approve a $117 million bond measure to upgrade exh...


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Oregon Zoo anxiously awaits a baby elephant that could supercharge attendance

2008-08-17 - Portland, United States. KATY MULDOON

Anxiety simmers at the Oregon Zoo, and it's no wonder. For the first time in 14 years, just as the zoo faces key decisions about its future, one of its Asian elephants -- the institution's flagship species -- is about to give birth. If all goes well, an adorably wobbly, floppy eared calf could draw tens of thousands of extra visitors and prompt a wave of positive publicity at an opportune time: Metro, which owns the zoo, will ask voters in November to approve a $117 million bond measure to upgra...


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African bull elephant born in Boras Zoo

2008-08-12 - Boras, Sweden. Marcus Svedin

An african bull elephant was born tonight at 23.44, without knowledge or presence of staff in Boras Zoo. This is Boras third birth, and the first son to Kibo, who was born in Hannover Zoo 1977. The birth was a little bit early, but all is well.


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Syracuse zoo elephant gives birth in Canada

2008-08-05 - Syracuse, United States.

An Asian elephant on loan from an upstate New York zoo has given birth in Canada to the first third-generation calf born in North America, zoo officials said Tuesday. The 235-pound male was born July 15 at the African Lion Safari in Cambridge, Ontario, home to North America's most successful Asian elephant breeding program, with more second-generation captive births than any other North American institution. The calf is the twelfth elephant born at African Lion Safari since 1991.


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Pittsburgh Zoo Welcomes 2nd New Baby Elephant

2008-07-25 - Pittsburgh , United States.

A baby elephant was born at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium at 5:30 this morning. The baby and its 25-yer-old mother, Moja, are healthy and bonding well, zoo officials said. It’s the second successful birth of an elephant at the zoo this month. On July 9, Savannah, another 25-year-old African elephant, gave birth to a female. The zoo has not named that elephant, which weighed more than 200 pounds at birth.


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Memphis Zoo prepares for first elephant birth

2008-07-08 - Memphis, United States.

Memphis Zoo officials are making plans for the first birth of an elephant in the zoo's century-old history. African elephant Asali has been pregnant 10 months, but won't deliver for another year. The 21-year-old elephant was impregnated with semen from bulls from zoos in Pittsburgh and Jacksonville, Fla. Memphis Zoo curator Matt Thompson said tests will be done after the calf is born to determine which is the father. Asali lives with a 44-year-old female, who zoo officials expect to act as an au...


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Animal Kingdom Welcomes Baby Elephant. Calf Has Yet To Be Named

2008-07-01 - LAKE BUENA VISTA, United States.

An elephant was born at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom this weekend. African elephant Moyo, 26, gave birth to a 327-pound male elephant on June 28. "African elephants are considered endangered and are challenging to breed," Jackie Ogden, vice president of Disney's Animal Programs, said in a news release. "This elephant birth is significant, not only for the herd and species, but also for the team of dedicated team of professionals who have been working with Moyo attentively for the past two ...


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