Elephant gives birth at Bangabandhu Safari Park

An elephant gave birth to a cub in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Safari Park in Gazipur. The cub was born at 11:00pm on Sunday in the elephant aviary of the park. The mother elephant and the cub both are well.  The veterinary surgeon of the park said this is the first time that the wild elephant breeding is delivered in a closed environment. Nizam Uddin Chowdhury This is also a rare example for the country.

Surgeon Md. Nizam said, in different places of the country, in 2013, 6 wild elephants were brought to Safari Park and the pox was adopted. Of these two men and 4 females. After so many years on Sunday, elephants gave birth to the firstborn of elephants in the park. At present, the number of elephants in the Safari Park is 7. Earlier, no park or zoo has an elephant delivery information in the enclosed environment.

The birth weight of the breed was about 60 kg. An adult elephant usually weighs four thousand to five thousand kg. Elephants are capable of breeding in 18-20 years.  Their pregnancy time is 20-?2 months. Generally after four to five years a baby is born. There are breasts in the chest (two nipple) between the two legs in front of the elephant. The breed usually drinks the mother's milk for three to three years.

The average life expectancy of elephants is 100 years. Mother elephant with a baby is kept separate. The child is under the care of the mother. The child is walking around with the mother.Veterinary surgeon Md. Nizam Uddin Chowdhury said that the mother and the boy elephant are in her surveillance. There the tourists' travel was limited. Mother elephant is being fed every day with 20 kg of banana trees, 50 kg sweet pumpkin, 50 kg of sugarcane, 10 kg carrots, 3 kg of lemon and rice (rice).

After about four years the baby elephant started to eat natural foods. For the mother elephant not to suffer from malnutrition, she is being supplied with necessary food and medicines and kept under intensive scrutiny. Officer in charge of the park.  Shahabuddin said that the incident of elephant breeding in a zoo or a Safari park (Captivity) is a rare incident in the country. Both mother and herb are both healthy. But they have been kept in special care.

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