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Taronga"s elephant is expecting

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2008-02-13 - Sydney, Australia. Simon Benson

LOVE is in the air at Taronga Zoo - or at least it was five months ago. More than 15 months after arriving under a cloud of controversy from Thailand, Sydney's Asian elephants have conspired to grow their number by one. An ultrasound image has confirmed that eight-year-old Thong Dee has made history and is now 20 weeks pregnant. A successful birth, expected sometime in mid-2009, would mark the first captive elephant breeding success in Australasia. Tests conducted last week revealed a healthy fo...


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Baby weighs in at a healthy 220lbs. Jumbo delivery at Whipsnade

What?s going on over there Mum? The world?s so big!

2008-02-12 - Whipsnade, United Kingdom. Mick King

Elephant keepers at Whipsnade Zoo are celebrating the birth of a second calf to mum Azizah. The male arrived on January 11 at 1.10pm after a short labour in what was the first daytime delivery of an elephant calf at the zoo. He weighed in at a healthy 220lbs and was up on his feet within 20 minutes. Whipsnade press officer, Christine Drabwell, said: "He is now ready to enjoy some time outdoors with his mother, but also likes his daily nap." Keepers had been expecting the birth and were keeping d...


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Taronga Zoo stays mum over jumbo pregnancy

Three of four Asian elephants at Taronga Zoo.

2008-02-12 - Sydney, Australia. Jonathan Dart

Taronga Zoo is keeping mum about whether one of its Thai elephants is pregnant. Rumours about the elephants surfaced yesterday following an effort by the zoo to make Gung - the only male of the group - impregnate one of his companions. It is understood the zoo was considering whether to begin a program of artificial insemination. Either way, it will be the first time an Asian elephant has conceived on Australian soil. Eight Thai elephants were imported in to Australia in November 2006 - of which...


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Elephant calf appears in public

He is the second calf born to mother Azizah

2008-02-06 - Dunstable, United Kingdom.

A baby elephant has made his first appearance longside his mother at a Bedfordshire zoo. The unnamed calf, born on 17 January, weighs about 103kg (220lbs) and was born after a 630-day gestation period. He is the second calf born to mother Azizah following a short labour at Whipsnade Zoo, near Dunstable. The calf, who was up on his feet within 20 minutes, is feeding well and enjoys spending time with his mother, a spokesman for Whipsnade Zoo said.


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Wanted - a name for a baby elephant at Tbilisi Zoo

What will be his name?

2008-02-06 - Tbilisi, Georgia.

A few weeks have passed since the birth of the first elephant ever to be born in Georgia, but he still hasn't been named yet. Zoo workers plan to organise a children's contest to choose the best name. The Indian elephant has just had his first photo shot but he won't be able to get to know too much of his new surroundings yet. He isn't allowed to walk outside his enclosure because right now it's too cold in the country's capital. The newborn drinks his mother's milk and sleeps quite a lot but w...


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New bundles of joy at Lok Kawi Wildlife Park: the birth of a Borneo Pygmy elephant

The baby Proboscis monkey clinging to its mother as another female takes a closer look at the newborn.

2008-02-04 - Kota Kinabalu, Brunei Darussalam.

It was a busy week at the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park with the birth of a Proboscis monkey and a Borneo Pygmy elephant. The monkey was born on Wednesday and the elephant on Friday. The two births were also a milestone for the park as it was the first time in the world that a pygmy elephant had been born in captivity and the second time for a Proboscis monkey. Both newborns are in good health with staff keeping an eye on them round the clock for the next two weeks.


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Elephant baby born in Whipsnade

2008-01-19 - Dunstable, United Kingdom. Dan Koehl

The elephant Azizah gave birth to a 103 kgs male calf in the afternnon of 17th of January. Father is Emmet, born in Syracuse Zoo (Rosamond Gifford Zoo) U.S.A.


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African elephant Tamo born in Wuppertal Zoo

Tamo and head elephant keeper Filipe von Gilsa

2008-01-15 - Wuppertal, Germany. Filipe von Gilsa

Tamo was born on Sunday 13 January after 641 days. He was 97 kg heavy and 90 cm high. The birth went well and he was drinking after 30 minutes.


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Trunk call at online birth of elephant

2008-01-08 - Dublin, Ireland. Anne-Marie Walsh

IT will be the ultimate in Zoo TV. Special cameras are set to capture the birth of an elephant at Dublin Zoo with the live images available on the internet. Officials have installed hi-tech CCTV cameras in the elephant enclosure in the Phoenix Park to follow expectant Indian elephant Yasmin's labour and delivery in March . Technology company DNA IT solutions, based in Ireland, has been employed to put two cameras in her enclosure to deliver high quality images. The new cameras have replaced trad...


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Elephant’s recent birth seen as rare

L. Elizabeth L. “Bets” Rasmussen

2008-01-06 - GUY, United States. STACY HUDSON

Miss Bets is the newest addition to Riddle’s Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary and probably the most recent baby elephant born in captivity in the United States, said Scott Riddle, the sanctuary’s owner and operator. The calf was named after chemist L. Elizabeth L. “Bets” Rasmussen, a longtime colleague and friend of Riddle who studied chemical communication between elephants at Oregon Health & Science University’s OGI School of Science and Engineering in Beaverton, Ore., (formerly the O...


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