“The Asian elephants at the National Zoo have it nice. Every morning they get bathed and scrubbed. They often get pedicures, and step up on the scale to have their weight checked. Then they go outside to the oohs and ahhs of the adoring public. ” - washingtonpost.com

“The zoo conducted two artificial insemination procedures on Shanthi the elephant this week. They’ll be monitoring her hormones for the next ten weeks to see if it worked, with the hopes that 20 to 22 months from now (the typical elephant gestation period), a face like this will greet animal cam obsessives and, eventually, zoo visitors.” - DCist

“It’s a bit early to decorate the nursery, but officials at the National Zoo are hoping that Shanthi the elephant will have another baby in 2009.” - WDBJ7