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2. Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage - Wikipedia

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   Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage (Sinhala: පින්නවල අලි අනාථාගාරය), is a captive breeding and conservation institute for wild Asian elephants located at Pinnawala village, 13 km (8.1 mi) northeast of Kegalle town in Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka. Pinnawala has the largest herd of captive elephants in the world.

3. Against the Odds: African Elephant Twins Thrive in Tanzania - AOL

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   At the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka, a set of twin elephants were born to a 25-year-old mother elephant named Surangi. Both twins and the mother were reported as being fine. Both ...

4. Pinnawala - Wikipedia

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   The Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage is situated northwest of the town of Kegalle, halfway between the present commercial capital Colombo and the ancient royal residence Kandy. There are about 84 elephants under protection. The orphanage is open to the public. [2]

5. Kaavan - Wikipedia

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   Kaavan was born in Sri Lanka in 1985 and was kept at Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. The Sri Lankan government gifted him to then-President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, when Kaavan was one year old. [7] The elephant was kept at the Islamabad Zoo and remained as the only Asian elephant living in Pakistan.

6. Baby elephant 'Ndotto' rescued after wandering away from family

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   This is Ndotto, a new born elephant so young he thought a herd of cows were his family. Rescued from the remote Ndoto Mountains in northern Kenya on Thursday 7th August, the tiny new born and his ...

7. Elephant Helped by Kristin Davis Returns to Her Caretakers to ...

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   The elephant mom is one of two SWT orphans used as models for the sculptures of the Great Elephant Migration, a traveling art installation of 100 life-size elephant sculptures.

8. Pinnawala Open Zoo - Wikipedia

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   Pinnawala Open Zoo (also called Pinnawala Zoo: Sinhala: පින්නවල සත්වෝද්‍යානය) is a zoological garden in Pinnawala, Sri Lanka, which is situated closer to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. The zoo was opened for public on 17 April 2015.

9. Daphne Sheldrick - Wikipedia

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   Dame Daphne Marjorie Sheldrick, DBE (née Jenkins; 4 June 1934 – 12 April 2018) was a Kenyan of British descent, author, conservationist and expert in animal husbandry, particularly the raising and reintegrating of orphaned elephants into the wild for over 30 years. [1]