The Ringling Bros. Center for Elephant Conservation has been experiencing a baby boom. After all, elephant reproduction and science are what the Ringling Bros. Center is all about - protection of the Asian elephant is critical today, but their healthy reproduction is just as important to ensure they are still around tomorrow. With the largest sustainable population of captive Asian elphants in the Western Hemisphere, the Ringling Bros. Center for Elephant Conservation has met this challenge with incredible success. |
The Ringling Bros. Center has been blessed with more elephant calves than you can shake a trunk at – a total of 22 giant bundles of joy since Ringling Bros. initiated its conservation efforts in the early ‘90s. That’s no small feat, especially when one considers that female elephants have their reproductive cycles only four times a year and gestation lasts up to 22 months. In fact, many Asian elephant experts estimate that only two to four calves are born in the United States each year.
Our special facility is designed to keep elephants healthy,
comfortable and safe. And when Asian elephants are content, they naturally make little Asian elephants, creating a conservation legacy for generations to come.
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Barack, a male calf
born on the inaugural eve of the 44th President of the United States
at 11:50 p.m. is our first Asian elephant born as a result of artificial
insemination. This calf is a first for
fourteen-year-old Bonnie, who also was born at the Ringling Bros. Center for
Elephant Conservation, and until recently was performing with The
Greatest Show On Earth®.
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| Baby's Name: Barack |
| Birthday: |
1.19.2009 |
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Male |
| Height: |
39 Inches |
| Length: |
41 Inches |
| Birth Weight: |
250 lbs | | |
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Sundara, a female calf, born on November 9, 2008, at 7:15 p.m., is an offspring of 39-year-old Sally and 35-year-old Charlie. The young elephant has four other siblings, two of which were also born into the Ringling Bros.® conservation program. Kelly Ann, now 12 years old, and Rudy, who is 6 years old, both touring with The Greatest Show On Earth. The calf's name Sundara means "beautiful" in Hindi.
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| Baby's Name: Sundara |
| Birthday: |
11.09.2008 |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Height: |
37 Inches |
| Length: |
37 Inches |
| Birth Weight: |
310 lbs | | |
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Mable, a female calf, born on April 6, 2006, at 9:08 p.m., is a rare second-generation offspring of eleven-year-old Shirley and thirteen-year-old Romeo, who were also born into the Ringling Bros.® conservation program.
The calf's name Mable after the wife of John Ringling, one of the original Ringling Brothers, was selected through a national naming vote Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® conducted with Weekly Reader's Teen Kids News program.
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| Baby's Name: Mable |
| Birthday: |
04.06.2006 |
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Female |
| Height: |
37 Inches |
| Length: |
39 Inches |
| Birth Weight: |
295 lbs | | |
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Irvin was born to 29-year-old mother Alana after only four hours of labor. The newborn is Alana’s fourth calf, and was fathered by Charlie, an Asian elephant bull at the Ringling Bros. Center.
The new elephant calf has been named Irvin in honor of Irvin Feld, who purchased Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1967 from John Ringling North, ushering in the modern-day era of the American circus.
read more about Irvin |  | | Baby's Name: Irvin | | Birthday: | 06.01.2005 | | Sex: | Male | | Height: | 37 Inches | | Length: | 37 Inches | | Birth Weight: | 314 lbs |
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Ringling Bros. Center for Elephant Conservation is home to the most successful Asian elephant breeding program in the Western Hemisphere. The following links will tell you more about our Asian elephant family. Elephants Born In Ringling Bros. Breeding Program
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1.27.09
It’s A Boy! Ringling Bros. First Elephant Calf Born from Artificial Insemination
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11.17.08
It's A Girl! 21st Asian Elephant Calf Born
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7.18.08
Statement on Death of Retired Asian Elephant
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11.12.07
INTERNATIONAL ELEPHANT SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM ABSTRACTS
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Elephants can run up to 25 miles per hour.
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