Zoo Ostrava Ostrava Elephants

Upali

Upali

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Today Calvin 22 from leipzig and before that Hannover has moved to Ostrava! He has been in Leipzig since September and has apparently mated with some of the females but there are no confirmed pregnancies yet.

Hopefuly he will now breed with Vishesh 12, the website also said there is a chance of her mother Jothi 42 will have another calf although its very unlikely!! so maybe she is still reproductily active and they know something we don't...

Also Jumbo 38, is due to move to Givskud soon. She apparently has not mixed well with the new elephants and reguarly fights with Jothi from Belfast, which im not suprised about as she does have social problems. She will join 3 other older females 40, 40, 42.
 
Hopefully Jumbo will get a good life at Givskud! I have never been there, but living in the south of Sweden I can watch Danish TV and there has been many features on Danish TV on this zoo. My impression is that it is a very good one; I know that the elephant enclosure is large and the director of the zoo seems to be a very dedicated, hardworking and sympathetic man.
 
Dan, you are right about both Givskud Zoo and their elephants. The enclosure is very big but not very modern. Givskud Zoo now functions as a retirenment home for elderly asian elephant cows, so Jumbo will live with other females of her own age (and even older).
 
What happened to Vishesh after her mother bit the end of her trunk off when they first arrived from Belfast?
 
Apparently she has perfectly recovered with just the tip of her trunk missing. They are now all living fine with each other, probably just abit of an arguement gone wrong i think while they were inside.

A number of elephants are living without the tips of their trunks through either fights or damaging it on closign gates etc. They can live perfectly normal without it after getting used to a shorter trunk.

http://www.asianelephant.net/givskud/givskud.htm

A nice retierment home but i suppose the enclosure could do with abit more shade and enrichment. Also they did have a female, Bons Ree who died in 2007 at the age of 59 so they can definitely look after their elephants!
 
Last week, Calvin was first mixed with the females in Ostrava. And has been mating with 41yr old Jothi (who has become the dominant female in the herd) So maybe we're in for a suprise as Jothi hasn't had a calf for 12 years!!
 
First elephant in Czech Republic was born in Ostrava Zoo. Father is Calvin, mother is Vishesh. Youngster is a boy, 78kg weight. Soon another elephant should born - Johti, Vishesh's mother is pregnant.
Till now the only birth in Czech Rep. was stillborn in Usti nad Labem Zoo in 2004.
 
Arek said:
First elephant in Czech Republic was born in Ostrava Zoo. Father is Calvin, mother is Vishesh. Youngster is a boy, 78kg weight. Soon another elephant should born - Johti, Vishesh's mother is pregnant.
Till now the only birth in Czech Rep. was stillborn in Usti nad Labem Zoo in 2004.
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Thank you for this news Arek.

At 78kgs this is a very little boy.
 
Another elephant was born in Ostrava Zoo. This time it is female, bigger that her brother - more than 100 kg weight.
 
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