45-year-old elephant gives birth in Bengaluru zoo

45-year-old elephant gives birth in Bengaluru zoo...,

Bringing joy to the city amid spiking Covid infections, a 45-year-old elephant in Bengaluru Zoo has given birth to a female calf, an official said on Thursday. In nearly a month's time, the city zoo saw the birth of three animals, two elephant calves and a hippopotamus calf.

"Bengaluru Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBBP) or Bengaluru Zoo is happy to announce the elephant named Suvarna gave birth to a female calf on Monday," said BBBP Executive Director Vanashree Vipin Singh.

Suvarna, as well as the newborn calf, are doing well.

"With the addition of this calf, the present elephant population is 25 at the Bengaluru Bannerghatta Biological Park," she added.

The new calf's birth comes less than a month after another male calf was born nearly 20 days ago to a 12-year-old elephant.

Exactly a week before that, the zoo announced the good news of a hippopotamus giving birth to a calf.

However, Bengaluru zoo is proving to be a major rehabilitation centre for animals in distress.

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