![]() ![]() The zoo will announce viewing information along with an opportunity for the public to help name the calf later. ![]() The calf will join the herd of six Asian elephants in the zoo’s Asia Quest region but the baby and Phoebe will remain in a behind-the-scenes area for now. Phoebe is a living Female Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), located at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, in United States. The calf’s mother, Phoebe, is a 31-year-old elephant who had the opportunity to breed with Hank, a 30-year-old male elephant at the zoo but attempts were unsuccessful so Zimmerman says Phoebe was artificially inseminated with sperm from Hank, as well as a male from another zoo, so the father of the calf is not yet known and will be determined through a DNA test with results expected in the coming weeks.Īrtificial insemination is a relatively rare procedure for elephants – this is the first time it has been successfully used at the Columbus zoo - attempts to artificially inseminate elephants are becoming more frequent in an effort to bolster the numbers of the endangered animals. Thursday, zoo spokeswoman Elizabeth Zimmerman said. A two-week old elephant has died after being rejected by her family following the birth of another elephant calf, Swedens Boras Zoo announced Friday. Frankie was born to 33-year-old Asian elephant Phoebe at 8:48 p.m. The Asian elephant calf, whose gender has not been determined, was born at 3:09 a.m. POWELL, Ohio An adorable baby elephant at the Columbus Zoo turned 1 on Thursday. The newborn Asian elephant calf is the first born at the Columbus Zoo as the result of artificial insemination. COLUMBUS – The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is welcoming its first newborn elephant in nearly a decade, one made possible through the rarely-used process of artificial insemination.
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