Happy Holidays from the Saint Louis Zoo

It's six-month-old Asian elephant Kenzi's first holiday season at the Saint Louis Zoo! To celebrate, zookeepers gave the herd several five-foot white pines and colorful presents filled with some of the elephants' favorite foods.

Kenzi was born on June 24, 2011. She is the second daughter for mother, Rani, and father, Raja. Raja was the first elephant born at the Saint Louis Zoo in 1992.

It's estimated there are only 35,000-50,000 Asian elephants left in the wild.

The Saint Louis Zoo's commitment to elephants extends to their conservation in the wild. In partnership with the International Elephant Foundation (IEF) and other elephant conservation partners, the Saint Louis Zoo supports Asian elephant conservation efforts in Sumatra and other countries in Asia and Indonesia, as well as African elephant conservation efforts in Kenya through the Northern Rangelands Trust. In the last thirteen years, the Saint Louis Zoo has provided nearly $1,250,000 to conservation that benefits elephants in Asia and Africa.

See more information and photos at
http://www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/mammals/elephants/asianelephant...

"Carol of the Trunks (tune of "Carol of the Bells")
Hark! How the trunks
Big, agile trunks
All seem to say
Happy Holiday(s)!

Kenzi is here
Bringing good cheer
To young and old
From our Zoo fold.

All three Asian
Generations
Joining in the
Celebrations!

First is Ellie,
Last is Kenzi
Maliha, Jade,
Rani hoorayed!

Having lots of fun with trees and presents.
Having lots of fun with trees and presents.

On, on they play
Happy Holiday!

"We Five Trunks" (Tune of "We Three Kings")
We five trunks of Orient are
Hurling trees, we can throw them far
Stomping presents, aren't holidays pleasant?
Kenzi is our star!

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[SuperDebbie49]

So very cute

[pelicanlady47]

Beautiful