Elephant zone is back with cute alert for the elephant lovers. Today we are going to present you rare footage of twin baby elephant birth in an elephant orphanage home. It is reported in Elephant orphanage home, Pinnawala, Sri Lanka. Both calves and mother in healthy conditions. Both are male calves. The first calf was born around 4 am and second calf at 10 am. Twin elephant birth in orphanage home is very rare worldwide, although several cases reported in national parks and natural forests.
This elephant orphanage home was established by department of wildlife conservation Sri Lanka in 1975 for feeding and providing care and sanctuary to orphaned baby elephants that were found in the wild. In its long history this orphanage home sheltered numerous injured elephants and abandoned calves who were unable to survive in the wild.
The proud mother of these cute calves named Surangi. She was brought to this orphanage home in 1997 when she was 9 months old. Her mother had been killed by cruel hunters.
This is the father of these cute babies. He is named as Pandu who was brought to this elephant orphanage home in 2004. He was found abandoned in forest border when he was only 1 year old.
Elephants have the ability to give birth to twins, although it is rare. They usually only give birth to one. An elephant can give birth to calves up to 12 times in their life. There is only around 1% of possibility for an elephant to have twins, according to the society for protection of animals abroad.
Both calves are in very good health condition. The officials in the elephant orphanage home are highly dedicated to look after the orphaned elephants. The early diagnosed that this elephant mother is pregnant with twin babies by their regular check-ups in the pregnancy period. From that day they gave special care for the pregnant mother elephant by providing extra nutritious meals, supplements and increasing the amount of her daily feeding. As a result she gave healthy birth to these cute babies.
The mother elephant is in happy mood and she is overwhelmed with joy because of the unexpected treasure she found. She does not show any objections towards the staff even though they cuddle the babies so closely, unlike the other elephant mothers who become violent when the strangers try to be closer to the newly born calves. The two babies are also very familiar with the staff as if they’ve instinctively recognized their love and affection.
The department of Wildlife Conservation has to bear a huge cost daily to provide milk and medicines to orphaned elephants daily. But the staff dedicatedly look after the orphaned elephants as elephants are considered vulnerable and sacred animals. The orphaned elephants are looked after in semi-controlled environment. They try to provide the experience of natural environment to the elephants as far as they can. The elephants are regularly carried to natural rivers for bathing.
This elephant orphanage home differ from other elephant orphanage centres, since they’ve given high attention to elephant’s welfare. Stay with us to get more updates about these cuties. Don’t forget to subscribe us and click the bell icon to be notified when a new video is uploaded.
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