Elephant Nature Park is so proud to announce the third elephant calf birth in 3 months
First bornEarly 17 April 2009 Mae Bua Tong, aged 48, gave birth to a female elephant weighing 98 kilograms and 83 centimeters tall Both mother and baby are healthy . Father of the baby elephant named Kham Min is aged 65 years. The baby's name, Faa Mai, means "New world" . Mae Bua Tong was rescued from the tourist camp by Olivia Daniel, a volunteer from UK. Bau Tong came together with her baby name Tong Jaan . Second born24 May 09 at 2.30 am. From the mother elephant named Mae Boong, aged 45, the birth was one month early. She gave birth to a female elephant weighing 105 kilograms and 102 centimeters in height Father Boon Khum know as BK. The baby is named Phet Tae meaning pure diamond. Mae Boong was rescued from a Trekking camp though she does not belong to the park. We rescued her and her baby named Aura from a trekking camp. Third born12 Jul 2009. From the mother name Dok Ngern who was only 10 years old . Which makes her amongst the youngest elephant mothers ever. She give birth to a male baby elephant weigh 101 kilograms and 93centimeters tall. The elephant father was Boon Khum ( BK) Dok Ngern was rescued by Antoinette Van de Water from "Bring elephant home" Netherlands. Dok Ngern previous work was as a street begging elephant before being rescued by the park. She arrived at the park when she was 6 years old when she first arrived she had a huge mental problems. Her body was full of wounds and scars. She was very panicky and scared of every thing around her. During her first year at the park Dok Ngern did not easily accept her new mahout, we sent her to stay with the herd and the old mother elephants then adopted her. Dok Ngern loves all baby elephants and has an obsession with nanny work. She looks after all new baby born and all mother elephant accept and trust her expertise to look after their babies. The baby Dok Ngern spent most time with is Pupia, the sick baby elephant rescued from a tourist camp . Dok Ngern has been disappointed over and over when all the baby she raised as a Nanny grew up and left us as their owners took them away to tourist camps. Finally she has her own baby. She give birth on 12 July 2009 at 0430 am. The baby name “ Chang Yim mean the happy and smiling elephant.
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