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Elephants dressed as Santa Claus gave out presents and candy to students in Thailand in an annual Christmas tradition in the mostly Buddhist country. The Christmas celebration at the Jirasartwitthaya school in Ayutthaya,
Surangi, 25, at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka, gave birth to two healthy twins, according to officials of the institution.
A video of an elephant trying to climb over an iron fence has triggered social media frenzy. The incident, which is recorded in India’s Karnataka province near Mysuru, has busted the age-old myth that humans could stop elephants with fence.
The team included veterinarians from Egypt, Bulgaria and an elephant husbandry expert from Germany. The governor of Sindh province was at the zoo for the procedure, as were animal rights activists.
"Her condition is very critical at the moment. We are trying everything to save her," Four Paws spokeswoman Katharina Braun said by email.
The 17-year-old African elephant, Noor Jehan, underwent emergency treatment for a tumour in Karachi on April 5, but collapsed days later and has since lain stricken on its side.
The giant animal at the venue knocked over six cars during the rampage, according to the local reports.
This was not the first time that officials had tried to capture the elephant, believed to be around 30 years old. Arikomban was hit with tranquilliser shots in 2017, but managed to escape.
In this video, the elephant is trying to steal the milk left in the bottle. Twitter users were very happy to see that. And expressed his extraordinary interest in it, while others said how the elephant behaved like a naughty human baby.
Experts were considering euthanasia but before a decision was taken "she succumbed to her critical condition," said a statement from the charity, which organised last-ditch medical efforts to save her.