Baby elephant born in Indonesia (insert your own Henry Mancini reference)
The Sumatran elephant, a subspecies of the Asian elephant, is imperiled -- but its numbers (estimated by the World Wildlife Fund to be between 2,440 to 3,350) just got a much-needed, if tiny, boost.
This little guy is 2 days old and lives in Indonesia's Safari zoo. While he's sure to grow substantially, Sumatran elephants are the smallest of the Asian elephant subspecies, of which there are four (the others are the Indian elephant, Sri Lankan elephant and Borneo elephant).
More photos after the jump!
-- Lindsay Barnett
Photos: Adi Weda / European Pressphoto Agency
Cute little guy is 2 days old and lives in Indonesia's Safari zoo.
Posted by: Josephine Satyono | February 12, 2009 at 06:16 PM
Do you see that this poor little elephant's mother is CHAINED? If (or as the photos imply WHEN) this elephant is used by humans he will endure much pain and suffering. Please take a minute to watch the National Geographic video TRAINING CRUSH ... http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0510/feature5/video.html
this is a practice throughout Asia to "train" elephants. Poor little guy - his mother is chained and his future seems doomed.
Please do not support this cruelty. Please do not pay to ride elephants, when you go to Asia please do not pay to watch elephants "play" soccer or instruments, etc. We all need to help preserve habitat - efforts, money and resources are needed to save elephants IN THE WILD - habitat protection is the only true conservation.
Posted by: Open Your Eyes Please | February 18, 2009 at 09:39 PM