Two new Asian elephants -- a mother and daughter -- are now on public view at D.C.'s National Zoo. They arrived Nov. 7 from the Netherlands.
Two Asian elephants — a 19-year-old mother and her 9-year-old daughter — can now be seen by the public at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington.The pair have been in quarantine since they arrived Nov. 7 to the National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute on Connecticut Avenue in Northwest.
The mother elephant is named Trong Nhi and her daughter is Nhi Linh . They came to the D.C. zoo as a gift from the Rotterdam Zoo in South Holland, Netherlands, where they were both born.The addition of the new elephants is considered a big deal because zoo experts have said they hope the animals could infuse the elephant breeding program.
Visitors are most likely to see the pair roaming their enclosure between 10 a.m. and noon each day. And they can be seen on anTrong Nhi and Nhi Linh have started to meet the other females in the zoo’s elephant herd. Zoo experts said they have done what are called “howdy introductions” — when the elephants can “see, smell and communicate” with each other through a safety barrier.
Bryan Amaral, acting associate director of animal care at the zoo, said in a statement that the new elephants are making progress in their transition to the facility.Experts will watch for calm demeanor and movements to see if they’re ready to share a space with others. Officials said it’s still going to be awhile before the pair gets introduced to the rest of the herd, which includes five other elephants, and is housed with them. Officials gave no specific time as to when that will happen.
Asian elephants are considered endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Populations. In the wild, they’re in decline because of habitat loss and poaching, and scientists estimate there are between 30,000 and 50,000 Asian elephants.
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