North American Asian Elephant Population 2025

ZCChip said:
wort a tongue in the cheek u acknowledge you there. I believe that people respect him for the publicity to the Columbus zoo. But choose to forget the scandal.

it appears Jack is the most popular name on the zoo’s Facebook page.
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Dang! My spelling! It felt like 15 degrees outside today with the wind and my fingers were frozen!!

I meant to say With a tongue in the cheek, I acknowledge you there.

Ahhh... and no I am not drinking!

I got to go back out there in the cold and finish fixing a damaged door.

Sorry for the off topic, I do not want anyone to form a bad opinion of me because of my misspelling.

Back on topic.
 
ZCChip said:
I wonder if they already made it a policy not to name any animals Jack. I saw on the Facebook thread that someone wanted to name the calf Buckeye but there is a bear already called Buckeye.

I do not think any keeper at the zoo would pick Jack if they have personal knowledge of went on. After all the scandal is fairly recent so it is not forgotten.
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I don't see why this would be a policy. The zoo has openly expressed support of Jack Hannah even after the scandal, providing updates on his condition and even encouraging people to send his family letters. They have far from seperated themselves from him, and I doubt they will after his impact on the zoo.
The general public opinion of Jack hasn't changed, with most people focusing on the good he did in the zoo world and on Columbus.
 
Wisp O' Mist said:
Seriously? When the older brother of this calf is already named Frankie?
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These are obviously joke comments. I mean, there are many weirdos out there on social media, many people (particularly teenage boys but not limited to them) post something silly like this just for the sake of trying to go viral it is kind of annoying.
 
Nile Hippo Expert said:
These are obviously joke comments. I mean, there are many weirdos out there on social media, many people (particularly teenage boys but not limited to them) post something silly like this just for the sake of trying to go viral it is kind of annoying.
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A majority of the "Frank" comments are suggesting the name due to Phoebe from Friends having a baby named Frank. There have been a number of Chandler and Joey suggestions as well due to the same show. Some people don't research the relatives of an animal before suggesting a name.
 
My name pick: Karunamay.

My explanation:

I made sure it is a masculine name. It means full of compassion, mercy and being kind and generous in the Indian language. As we all know elephants represent a certain role in the Indian culture and since our country is in uncertain times and I felt we needed a reminder that we need to be kind and compassionate to ourselves and others.
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Jambo said:
Honestly, I'd hope not! There's so many better, unique names they could go with.
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I do agree. As much as I do enjoy the Halloween touch Jack has, it's just such a basic name for an animal so significant to the population. I'd be a touch surprised if the keepers chose something of Asian origin since none of the other elephants do (minus Sunny, but no one actually calls her by her full name lol), but I certianly wouldn't be upset by it!
 
Frankie_number_1_fan said:
I do agree. As much as I do enjoy the Halloween touch Jack has, it's just such a basic name for an animal so significant to the population. I'd be a touch surprised if the keepers chose something of Asian origin since none of the other elephants do (minus Sunny, but no one actually calls her by her full name lol), but I certianly wouldn't be upset by it!
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While not of Asian origin, I loved the choices of Bodhi and Beco for their first two elephant calves, they certainly feel like they have that unique touch in elephant names rather than than Ellie or Rita or Frankie which are all kinda lame. Jack seems just as lazy AF and I wouldn't be shocked if it gets 95% of the vote if it's in the competition, I'm hoping it is not chosen as one of the four names.
 
Frankie_number_1_fan said:
I do agree. As much as I do enjoy the Halloween touch Jack has, it's just such a basic name for an animal so significant to the population. I'd be a touch surprised if the keepers chose something of Asian origin since none of the other elephants do (minus Sunny, but no one actually calls her by her full name lol), but I certianly wouldn't be upset by it!
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I'm assuming there's also a fair portion of people who've chosen Jack in honor of Jack Hanna. If Columbus really wanted to honor him via naming an elephant calf after him, I'd hope they would do it loosely; ie. if another female calf is born, they could go with Jacky, or even better, Hannah.

I too would honestly be surprised if they went with a name of Asian origin - the last elephant naming vote (for Ellie) also consisted of common names (Ellie, Kobie, Lizzie and Darcy).
 
Nile Hippo Expert said:
While not of Asian origin, I loved the choices of Bodhi and Beco for their first two elephant calves, they certainly feel like they have that unique touch in elephant names rather than than Ellie or Rita or Frankie
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Bodhi is a name of Asian origin. Beco is a combination of his parents, Phoebe and Coco (which is a trend I've seen a lot with captive animals). And the last three have all been named after donors/long time supporters of the zoo, or by suggestions provided by them.
 
Jambo said:
Bodhi is a name of Asian origin. Beco is a combination of his parents, Phoebe and Coco (which is a trend I've seen a lot with captive animals). And the last three have all been named after donors/long time supporters of the zoo, or by suggestions provided by them.
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Ironically enough, Columbus did a similar contest when Beco was named where guests submitted names and then the top four names were chosen, three of which were of Asian origin! The options were Beco, Damai, Siddhartha and Sattva. Many people complained about the choices!
 
Jambo said:
National Zoo - First time mother, 13 year old Nhi Linh is pregnant and due around February of next year!

Spike is the sire of this calf, which is great news considering he has no surviving offspring and is the only surviving descendant of his wild born parents.

Nhi Linh's mother, Trong Nhi, also conceived - however it's sadly believed she's lost her calf.

Asian Elephant Is Pregnant at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
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While definitely unfortunate to hear about Trong Nhi, it is amazing to see breeding out of National after so many years!! A new breeding cow in the population is also something to celebrate!

It is also nice to hear that Trong Nhi is still capable of conceiving after such a lengthy gap between calves. While it is possible this loss is due to that gap, she is young enough yet that, fingers crossed, she too should still be capable of breeding alongside her daughter next time around.
 
It sounds like from the article Trong Nhi is retaining the fetus currently?

Hoping for a healthy pregnancy that will end with a healthy baby and mother.
 
As I said on the Smithsonian thread - the wording makes this sound like they're preparing the public for the worst, but still have hope for the best. Someone better informed than me would have better insight, but with 2-4 months to go in a ~22 month long pregnancy - would you be able to detect the presence/absence of fetal heartbeat?

This goes to show why so many zoos wait until the tail end of pregnancy/post partuition to announce as well. Had the zoo excitedly announced double elephant calves in the new year just a month earlier - there would've been a back pedal and some let down public hearts.
 
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