New baby elephant born in Phuket

An elephant at Kinaree House in Phuket gave birth to a baby male elephant and named him Peemai or New Year.

A 12 year old female elephant Mink gave birth to a baby male elephant at 8.30 am on Sunday morning at Kinnaree elephant trekking camp. The 80 kilogram baby elephant is healthy, but still cannot drink milk from his mother due to weak legs. The cute scene drew vast attention from Thais and foreign tourists who visited the Kinnaree House compound, in Chalong, south of the island. The Managing Director of the Kinnaree elephant camp said the mother was pregnant for two years under close care and observation of the staff. He said this is the first time in 5 years in which the trekking camp has a new born baby elephant adding the population to 23. The operator named the new born baby as Plai Pee Mai meaning New Year and expects that the baby elephant will attract visitors to the trekking. He said the visitors recently declined from 400 to 300 per day due to the recession and political situation.




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[meene]

the age of the elephant may not be 12, they are like human beings , the maturity / pregnency starts from 13th year to the females.

[halo3raw]

bless