Baby Elephant Arrives in Kent
A new arrival has been welcomed to Howletts Wild Animal Park. On the 25th of January after a 22 month pregnancy, an African Elephant named Masa finally gave birth to a calf. Though Masa had twins, one unfortunately did not survive. Twin African Elephants are extremely rare and are estimated to occur in less than 2% of cases. Due to the sheer size of an elephant calf a Mother cannot healthily support twins; therefore it was a potentially fatal delivery. Consequently the birth is being hailed as a great success due to the survival of Masa and her new calf. Neil Spooner, Animal Director of Howletts, said that they were “blessed” and commented that “at a few days old the calf is doing really well and will be going into its outside enclosure where the public can see him as soon as the weather improves”. The calf is yet to be named but will be joining his 5 year old sister as well as becoming a member of the largest herd of African Elephants in the UK. If you would like to find out more about Howletts or would be interested in adopting Masa for as little as £3 a month, go to http://www.aspinallfoundation.org/.
A new arrival has been welcomed to Howletts Wild Animal Park. On the 25th of January after a 22 month pregnancy, an African Elephant named Masa finally gave birth to a calf. Though Masa had twins, one unfortunately did not survive. Twin African Elephants are extremely rare and are estimated to occur in less than 2% of cases. Due to the sheer size of an elephant calf a Mother cannot healthily support twins; therefore it was a potentially fatal delivery. Consequently the birth is being hailed as a great success due to the survival of Masa and her new calf. Neil Spooner, Animal Director of Howletts, said that they were “blessed” and commented that “at a few days old the calf is doing really well and will be going into its outside enclosure where the public can see him as soon as the weather improves”. The calf is yet to be named but will be joining his 5 year old sister as well as becoming a member of the largest herd of African Elephants in the UK. If you would like to find out more about Howletts or would be interested in adopting Masa for as little as £3 a month, go to http://www.aspinallfoundation.org/.
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