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Female asian elephant Swe Zin Born in Emmen Zoo

2007-08-09 - Emmen, Netherlands. Emmen Zoo News article

A female asian elephant calf was born yesterday to the bull Radza (imported 2003 from Riga Zoo) and the female Htoo Kin Aye from Burma. The baby was 80kgs, and already has a name; Swe Zin. During the latest 15 years Emmen Zoo had 17 elephant births.


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Something to trumpet about

2007-07-21 - Taiping, Malaysia. CHAN AH LAK

I decided to pay a visit to have a closer look at this elephant. In the stall, not accessible to the public, a surprise awaited me. A female baby elephant, just a few days old, was trailing her mother. The proud mother, Jalung, allowed us to get close to her first calf and showed none of the bull elephant’s animosity. The newborn, Tepeng, was a picture of health as she followed her mother, occasionally suckling. She had a shoulder height of 90cm and weighed a hefty 90kg. This was not surprisi...


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Chhatbir Zoo gets a new member

2007-07-19 - Chandigarh, India.

After a lull of two years, the Chhatbir Zoo witnessed the birth of a baby elephant, Rajveer, in the wee hours of Thursday. The baby elephant was born to Hema and Rajmangal at 2.10 am. According to the zoo authorities, Hema had a normal delivery and the baby weighed 103 kg at birth. It was born after a gestation period of 22 months and nine days, a delay of nine days. Rajveer is the second elephant ever to have been born at Chhatbir zoo after Seema, his sister, who was born in 2000. However, Seem...


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Elephant Tika born in Wuppertal Zoo in Germany

2007-07-13 - Wuppertal, Germany.

In Wuppertal Zoo the female african elephant Tika was born on friday morning 02.40. The birth was rather long and complicated, but mother and the 75 kgs heavy baby are OK. Tika was drinking milk from her mother already after three hours.


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Birth of a baby elephant, a rare occurrence in Rajasthan

2007-06-08 - Amer, India. Lokendra Singh

The birth of an elephant baby in Amer, near Jaipur, has given cheer to a mahout's family and fellow villagers, most of whom believe the birth is a rare occurrence in Rajasthan in the last 100 years. Born this past week, to 25-year-old 'Lakkimala', the elephant calf has made its owner ecstatic. The newborn has been christened 'Muskan' (smile) by its owner Abdul Aziz. She weighed 70 kilograms at birth and is presently keeping well.


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Thai elephant sanctuary blessed with jumbo baby boom

A baby Asian elephant and her mother have their feet treated to prevent bacterial infection from flood waters in Ayutthaya, 80 km (50 miles) north of Bangkok, in this October 4, 2006 file photo. The Royal Elephant Camp has been blessed with nine calves s

2007-05-22 - Ayutthaya, Thailand.

So far, it's been a jumbo good year in Thailand. The Royal Elephant Camp has been blessed with nine calves since January and recently threw a huge party to celebrate. The camp, in the ancient city of Ayutthaya 75 km (45 miles) north of Bangkok, is one of the largest conservation centers in Thailand, a country whose elephant population is dwindling. Environmentalists estimate that only 5,000 Asian elephants are left in the wild, making the baby boom at Ayutthaya crucial to ensuring the future of ...


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First elephant born in Ireland

2007-05-09 - Dublin, Ireland.

Dublin Zoo has been trumpeting the arrival of the baby girl elephant who was up and walking just eight minutes after she was born. Zoo keeper Leo Oosterweghal said mum Bernhardine and baby are both well. The baby Asian elephant, which has not yet been named, was born in darkness while zookeepers kept watch by using a special camera.


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In Ranaghat Maidan, a newborn and her mother wait to join their family

2007-05-04 - Kolkata, India. Poushali Mitra

At five in the evening, Ranaghat Swastha Unnati Maidans gates open to usher in a flood of visitors. Five-year-old Twinkle too jostles among the crowd to catch a rare glimpse of the new arrival — a month-old elephant calf left behind by a circus troupe. Baby Jonaki was born when the Moonlight circus company was camped at the Ranaghat maidan. But as she was too young to travel, the state forest department would not allow her to move out of town until she was at least three months old.


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Baby elephant born at Carson and Barnes Circus Endangered Ark Foundation

2007-05-04 - Hugo, United States.

An 8,300-pound elephant and her newborn, who was 280 pounds at birth, are doing well at a breeding compound and retirement center for elephants in Hugo. Val was born to Whimpy after nearly 12 hours of labor on April 27 at the Endangered Ark Foundation. This is the third birth at the center, which was founded by D.R. Miller, whose family started the first Hugo-based circus.


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Ayutthaya Elephant Camp Nursery third baby in three weeks

2007-05-01 - Ayutthaya, Thailand. Michelle Reedy and Ewa Narkiewicz

The Royal Elephant Kraal in Ayutthaya celebrated its third elephant birth in three weeks this morning May 1st 2007. A baby boy born to Kamliphet. Her third baby and the Kraal's 28th baby elephant birth since February 2000.


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