I got to see the new twin babies, 1.5 months old down in Chitwan when I was there for the elephant futbol. They are unreal. They actually fell asleep with their bums back to back, standing up while we were there. It was so cute! This is the first time that an elephant has given birth to twins in Nepal and only the second time in the world that an elephant in captivity has given birth to healthy twins. The other two births happened in Sri Lanka. Lucky!
This mother elephant, named Devi Kali, gave birth to twin baby elephants at the elephant breeding center in Chitwan National Park (Southern Nepal) on November 6, 2008. Both babies are male. Their names are "Ram Gaj" and "Laxman Gaj" after Hindu brother gods. The first baby was born at 11:00 PM. All the elephant handlers were working for the care of the first baby but they were surprised when after four hours at 3:00 AM of November 7, another baby was born.
The Government of Nepal has established a Breeding Center in Chitwan where cow elephants are mainly sired by dominant male wild elephants. These twins babies were sired by a wild elephant called "Romeo." He was so named because he is a "regular" visitor to the center. Later these babies will be trained and used for conservation purposes within the park. There are around 200 captive elephants in Nepal. Around 100 of them are owned by Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation and 100 by private institutions. Elephants have socio-cultural and economic significance in Nepalese society. Government elephants are mainly used for the management of national parks. (They are also the elephants trained for "elephant futbol"). Elephants are used for wildlife and park management, research, monitoring and of course, tourism.
The Government of Nepal has established a Breeding Center in Chitwan where cow elephants are mainly sired by dominant male wild elephants. These twins babies were sired by a wild elephant called "Romeo." He was so named because he is a "regular" visitor to the center. Later these babies will be trained and used for conservation purposes within the park. There are around 200 captive elephants in Nepal. Around 100 of them are owned by Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation and 100 by private institutions. Elephants have socio-cultural and economic significance in Nepalese society. Government elephants are mainly used for the management of national parks. (They are also the elephants trained for "elephant futbol"). Elephants are used for wildlife and park management, research, monitoring and of course, tourism.
3 comments:
Very cool!
Most precious thing I've ever seen! So jealous.
Very neat!
(minus the GIANT chain the mommy was attached too! I'm sure thats not always on her though...right?!)
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