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This ‘Feisty’ Asian Elephant at the National Zoo Is Pregnant. She May Birth the First Calf Born There in Nearly 25 Years

Elephant enthusiasts everywhere could receive a New Year’s gift come early 2026. At the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI), 12-year-old Asian elephant Nhi Linh is ...
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Baby elephants make first public appearance at Sedgwick County Zoo

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - For the first time since a pair of historic births earlier this month, the Sedgwick County Zoo is showing off its baby elephant calves. The bulls are the first elephant babies ...
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Against the Odds: African Elephant Twins Thrive in Tanzania

Elephant babies are BIG babies! The average elephant baby is 200lbs at birth and 3 feet tall, growing to be 6-13 feet tall depending on what type of elephant they are. With babies that big is it even ...
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Sedgwick County Zoo announces first-ever elephant birth

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Sedgwick County Zoo announced on Thursday the birth of its first elephant. Talia, the mother elephant, gave birth to a healthy baby boy named Bomani, which means “warrior” ...
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With no new captive-elephant birth in last 20 years, numbers drop sharply in Kerala

ALAPPUZHA: Amid the seething anger over human deaths at the hands of wild elephants and legal battles over the pachyderm parades at festivals, the number of these animals in captivity in the state has ...
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Oregon Zoo’s new elephant calf meets her senior ‘auntie,’ mentor Shine

Michael Durham/Oregon Zoo Asian elephant Rose-Tu’s and her calf meet Sung-Surin in Forest Hall at the Oregon Zoo in Portland. Michael Durham/Oregon Zoo Asian elephant Rose-Tu’s and her calf meet ...