Indonesian Safari Park Welcomes a Baby Sumatran Elephant
- 13 years ago
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A newborn male Sumatran baby elephant is the latest addition to an Indonesian safari park. Being on the verge of extinction, the birth of a new Sumatran elephant is a welcoming sign for the zoo.
Indonesia Safari Park in West Java Province welcomed a new addition to its herd of Sumatran elephants on Monday, with the arrival of a baby boy.
The birth of the baby elephant is a success for the zoo and conservation activists. Sumatran elephants' natural habitat is shrinking due to deforestation.
The park started with 20 elephants in 1985 but the number has more than doubled now to 45.
[Mulyono, Elephant Keeper]:
"The park currently has 43 elephants in the exhibition area and adding Januar and his mother, there are 45 Sumatran elephants."
According to the World Wildlife Fund, Sumatran elephants are threatened with extinction.
Sumatran elephants are a subspecies of the Asian elephant found only in Indonesia.
A newborn male Sumatran baby elephant is the latest addition to an Indonesian safari park. Being on the verge of extinction, the birth of a new Sumatran elephant is a welcoming sign for the zoo.
Indonesia Safari Park in West Java Province welcomed a new addition to its herd of Sumatran elephants on Monday, with the arrival of a baby boy.
The birth of the baby elephant is a success for the zoo and conservation activists. Sumatran elephants' natural habitat is shrinking due to deforestation.
The park started with 20 elephants in 1985 but the number has more than doubled now to 45.
[Mulyono, Elephant Keeper]:
"The park currently has 43 elephants in the exhibition area and adding Januar and his mother, there are 45 Sumatran elephants."
According to the World Wildlife Fund, Sumatran elephants are threatened with extinction.
Sumatran elephants are a subspecies of the Asian elephant found only in Indonesia.