Treatment and management of an elephant calf with head injury

Autor:	R.C. Rajakse, J. Alahakoon, C.G. Wijesinghe, L.N.T. de Silva, G.U.S.P. Mendis
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	First birth Breeding program Birth weight Head injury medicine Herd Captivity Sri lanka Biology medicine.disease Demography
Zdroj:	Zoos' Print Journal. 20:1995-1996
ISSN:	0973-2551 0973-2535
DOI:	10.11609/jott.zpj.1114a.1995-6
Popis:	Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is a conservation and breeding centre for Asian Elephants in Sri Lanka managed by the Department of National Zoological Gardens. It was started as an elephant orphanage in 1975 with four baby elephants. Since then wild elephants that were injured, abandoned or separated from the herd have been brought to this place for refuge and care. From these wild elephants a breeding program was started. Presently, Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage has a very successful breeding program with the animals of second generation; there are 70 elephants including 22 born in captivity. The first birth at the orphanage was reported in 1984. Binari is the 20th calf born in the Orphanage and the first calf of the cow Shermi. Her birth weight was 103kg and the shoulder height was 88 cm.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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