Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2021 shows the twin baby male elephants with their mom elephant named Surangi at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, outside the central hills of Kandy, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's wildlife authorities said Tuesday that a pair of twin baby elephants were born at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage outside the central hills of Kandy in the Central Province. A senior official of the Wild life Department said the twin elephant birth was the first such birth in Sri Lanka's history among the country's registered domesticated elephants. Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is a popular tourist attraction with the largest herd of captive elephants in the world. (Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage/Handout via Xinhua)
COLOMBO, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's wildlife authorities said Tuesday that a pair of twin baby elephants were born at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage outside the central hills of Kandy in the Central Province.
A spokesman from the orphanage said the twin elephants were born to a female elephant named "Surangi," local media reported.
Both the baby elephants were males.
The spokesman said the first baby elephant was born at 4:00 a.m. on Tuesday and the second was born at 12:00 p.m. the same day.
A senior official of the Wild life Department said the twin elephant birth was the first such birth in Sri Lanka's history among the country's registered domesticated elephants.
Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is a popular tourist attraction with the largest herd of captive elephants in the world. Enditem
