“Zookeepers and veterinarians at the Oregon Zoo are on alert this morning, as Rose-Tu continues to show signs of the onset of labor. Rose-Tu’s due date was mid-September so the first signs of labor were somewhat of a surprise to watchful keepers.” -KATU.com
“For the first time in 14 years, just as the zoo faces key decisions about its future, one of its Asian elephants — the institution’s flagship species — is about to give birth. ” - OregonLive.com
“An elephant at Sweden’s Boras Zoo has given birth to the first male elephant to be born in the country. ” - UPI.com
“Proud mom Mali is like any other new parent. When she hears her child call for help, she immediately storms over to find out what’s going on.” - CityNews
“An Asian elephant on loan from an upstate New York zoo has given birth in Canada to the first third-generation calf born in North America, zoo officials said Tuesday.” - AuburnPub.com
“After the longest pregnancy ever for an African elephant in captivity — 688 days or almost 23 months — Moja successfully gave birth to a healthy female elephant calf at 5:30 a.m. yesterday at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.” - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
“The females, Moja and Savannah, are both 25 years old and both about 20 months along in their pregnancies after mating with the zoo’s bull elephant, Jackson.” - 6abc.com
“His mom, at a mere 7,490 pounds, is described as “petite.” But zookeepers say Maryland’s newest African elephant — 290 pounds and 42 inches tall — is a whopper.” - baltimoresun.com
“Joyous celebrations among the elephants and staff at Abu Camp in Botswanas Okavango Delta at the birth to Kitimetse of a healthy and lively baby named Lorato love in Setswana.” - Travel Video Television News
“A nice story now from the Million Year Stone Park and Pattaya Crocodile Farm located on the Eastern Outskirts of Pattaya. On Thursday Afternoon, staff at the farm welcomed a new arrival in the form of a newly born male elephant.” - Pattaya City News
“It will be the ultimate in Zoo TV. Special cameras are set to capture the birth of an elephant at Dublin Zoo with the live images available on the internet.” - Independent.ie
“Hovering near her mother, Miss Bets is playful, looping her thin trunk through a metal ring on the barn floor as far as she can until her head is just a few inches from the ground.” - NWAnews.com
“Louisville Zoo’s 21-year-old African elephant Mikki gave birth to her first calf at 8:45 p.m. on Sunday, March 18. It is the first elephant born in the Zoo’s 38-year history.” - WAVE 3 TV
” It’s a first at the Louisville Zoo and all eyes are watching.” - WHAS11.com
“The Louisville Zoo has more than thirteen hundred animals, but still, there’s excitement over one more. Mikki, a 9,000-pound, 21-year-old African elephant, is expecting a baby in mid-April. It will be the zoo’s first baby elephant in nearly 40 years.” - WAVE 3
“San Diego’s Wild Animal Park has a new elephant in its herd. A 17-year-old African elephant gave birth to a male calf Sunday.” - NBC San Diego
“A male African elephant born at the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park in Escondido is being monitored around the clock to ensure the first-time mother properly cares for her baby, it was announced Monday.” - 10 News
“Thailand Sunday saw the first ever birth of an African elephant in captivity at state-owned Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo.” - The Nation
