Category — Baby Elephant

Sadly, a French tourist has been trampled to death by elephants in India. She got close to an elephant and her baby to take photos and was charged at by the herd. – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A baby elephant was born at the Columbus Zoo on March 27th. Here is a video of the baby exploring his new surroundings at the zoo. He is 3 days old in this video.

The Columbus Dispatch

A video of elephants from the Elephant Plains Lodge in South Africa. The baby elephant is SO cute acting like he is so tough.

A baby pink elephant was photographed by Michael Holding in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. The baby is probably an albino, which is very rare in African elephants.

Unfortunately, the baby’s chance of survival is not good, since he may suffer from blindness and skin problems.

BBC NEWS

Photos of Samsom, the first baby elephant born at the Baltimore Zoo, who just celebrated his first birthday.

baltimoresun.com

A baby elephant died after chewing on a firecracker that was left in the forest. People left the firecracker there because they were trying to kill wild boars.

The Times of India

“Nearly one million people walked through the turnstiles at Utah’s Hogle Zoo in 2008 — and if a little baby elephant has anything to do with it, 2009 will see the zoo surpass its attendance mark for the first time in its 78-year history. ” – Salt Lake Tribune

“The researchers captured the moment a mother knocked her older calf off his feet after he began misbehaving after the birth of a younger sibling. ” – Telegraph

“A baby elephant at Amsterdam’s Artis zoo has died at just one day-old. The calf was born two months prematurely, which is a rare event in elephants. The 17-year-old mother, Thong Tai, is recovering well from the birth. The exact cause of the death of the calf, which didn’t have a name yet, is being investigated.” – Radio Netherlands Worldwide

An elephant calf was born at the Ambesoli Park in Kenya on November 4th, 2008. While the country hoped that Barack Obama, “the son of Kenya”, would be elected President of the United States, a new male calf was born. The baby elephant was named Obama, of course.

The post on the Ambesoli Trust website contains a photo of newborn baby Obama, as well as some additional information.

photo credit: transplanted mountaineer

“Only a year old, Calgary’s success story baby elephant, Malti, has died from a herpes virus, about which very little is known. ” – Metro

“A baby elephant died at the Calgary Zoo in Alberta, Canada, over the weekend after a brief battle with a virus that has killed dozens of captive elephants around the world in the past two decades, zoo officials said. ” – Planet Ark

“It’s as close to the lion lying down with the lamb as you are likely to see – exceot the lamb is a full-grown sheep and its snoozing partner is a baby elephant.” – Mail Online

“The Oregon Zoo’s new baby elephant is acclimating to his herd, as keepers continue to baby-proof his exhibit space. ” – OregonLive.com

“The mother of a newborn baby elephant is no longer tethered, and is now together with her baby, nursing it.” – msnbc.com

“No baby elephant has ever been born in Australia – but now three elephants are pregnant at zoos in Sydney and Melbourne.” – The Age

“Rose-Tu and her new baby calf were reintroduced to the other female elephants at the Oregon Zoo through a “howdy gate” . “There was lots of touching, the other elephants Shine and Chendra were leaning down to look at the calf” says Elephant Keeper Jeremy Kirby. Kirby says the baby also got his first bath Thursday and seems to enjoy romping around.” – AM 620 KPOJ

“Oregon Zoo veterinarians say the elephant born there over the weekend seems healthy despite being trampled by his mother. An examination found no broken bones or internal injuries.” – Seattle Times