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know how to react when her sec­
ond calf is born.
The Oregon Zoo is recognized
worldwide for its successful breed­
And while the zoo’s elephant is how Rose-Tu might react to a
Lee, who was senior keeper at ing program for Asian elephants,
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experts expect everything to go new calf. After giving birth to the time, believes Rose-Tu be­ which has now spanned five de­
visitors have been noticing is ac­ well, they also know the birth of a Sam udra in 2008, the first-tim e came confused by the birth, since cades. More than 25 elephants have
tually the result of R ose-T u’s ab­ healthy baby is no sure thing.
mom nearly tram pled her baby. she had never before witnessed been bom at the zoo, beginning
dom inal organs shifting to make
“There are definitely risks in­ K eepers quickly intervened to one. Until Sam udra’s arrival, no with Packy in 1962. Rose-Tu’s
room for the baby.
volved,” Finnegan said. “Com pli­ save the young elephant’s life, elephant had been born at the zoo mother, Me-Tu, was the second el­
“ F o r m any w ild a n im a ls ,” cations can arise for both mother and zoo staff worked around the since Rose-Tu herself in 1994. Lee ephant bom at the zoo (just months
Finnegan notes, “the signs o f and calf. A calf may be stillborn or clock for a week to ensure the and the rest o f the zoo’s animal- after Packy), and her grandmother.
pregnancy are sc lot less obvious get lodged in the birth canal.”
m o th e r-ca lf bond becam e the care staff are hopeful that, as an Rosy, was the first elephant ever to
than they are in hum ans.”
Another possible com plication strong one it is today.
experienced mom, Rose-Tu will live in Oregon.
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