And its a boy! Asha has given birth at OKC to a bouncing baby boy named Rama.
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Sri Lankan elephants are assigned to Indian subcontinent population. There have been demonstrated to be no genetic differences.Re: subspecies, the effective breeding population for Sri Lankan’s is two animals, a 32 year old cow and her 21 year old nephew. There are around 8-10 other pure Sri Lankan’s, but they are all older non reproductive cows at a minimum of 45 years old.
There are also a handful of pure Malaysian Elephants, including Sabu and Jati at Cincinnati, and Billy at LA.
Please post the speculation the speculation thread feather than on here. Also that would never happen as they still have plenty more elephants a special facility built for them.I personally think that if one more Albuquerque Zoo elephant dies within the year, the zoo will phase out elephants.
Why that assumption ... as I think research into EEHV is critical to finding a cure for elephants in captivity as well as in situI personally think that if one more Albuquerque Zoo elephant dies within the year, the zoo will phase out elephants.
Woman Disfigured in Elephant Attack at Endangered Ark | PETA
I don’t know if this is true or not but PETA obtained documents that a women was attacked by an Asian Elephant in March 2021 at the Endangered Ark Foundation.
Nowhere any evidence of negligence found within that document beyond somewhat slanderous and unsubstantiated claims by a law company hellbent for ... One wonders what really are they trying to prove beyond a doubt?I found a copy of the court documents online
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/elephant-attack.pdf
That is some of the best news I have heard in a long time. Hopefully the trials are successful!!Vaccine trial for killer elephant virus begins
Ok I know this is Europe but hear me out. A vaccine trial has begun for EEHV at the Chester Zoo! This is much needed good news considering the loss of so many elephants from this virus in recent years in the US.
The two elephants that are coming are 0.1 Trong Nhi (Alexander x Donna) 2003-05-13 and her daughter 0.1 Nhi Linh (Timber x Trong Nhi) 2013-08-10. There is no public set arrival date but the National Zoo has the permits to receive them.Does anyone any information about the 2 female elephants that were supposed to come to the Smithsonian National Zoo from the Netherlands? Weren’t they supposed to arrive at the zoo in December 2021?
It looks like they are still waiting for the permit's approval. Fish and Wildlife haven't given it the go-ahead as of last Wednesday. I would assume we should be seeing an approval anytime within the next 2 months and then they should be on American soil by this fall/winter?The two elephants that are coming are 0.1 Trong Nhi (Alexander x Donna) 2003-05-13 and her daughter 0.1 Nhi Linh (Timber x Trong Nhi) 2013-08-10. There is no public set arrival date but the National Zoo has the permits to receive them.
It looks like they are still waiting for the permit's approval. Fish and Wildlife haven't given it the go-ahead as of last Wednesday. I would assume we should be seeing an approval anytime within the next 2 months and then they should be on American soil by this fall/winter?
Oh okay, thank you so much! Sorry about that.It looks like they are still waiting for the permit's approval. Fish and Wildlife haven't given it the go-ahead as of last Wednesday. I would assume we should be seeing an approval anytime within the next 2 months and then they should be on American soil by this fall/winter?
Nice.Oklahoma City Zoo Receive Centrifuge Machine to Combat EEHV:
Oklahoma City Zoo receives centrifuge machine to help treat Asian elephants
The zoo said its veterinary team will use the centrifuge to prepare blood and plasma for possible transfusions during the treatment process for an elephant fighting illness.
The machine was donated by the Oklahoma Blood Institute.