Nong Nooch Tropical Garden has another star attraction after popular elephant Duanpen gave birth to a new calf.
Park Director Kampol Tansajja announced the birth Friday, Jan. 13, two days after the 26-year-old cow went into labor at the garden’s west gate around 5 a.m. Within a few minutes, the new baby was running about and suckling her mother.
Mother and child are reportedly doing well.
Monks will be consulted for a name for the new calf, which is the fourth offspring of Duanpen and the 37th for 34-year-old father Bird. The bull breeder’s most-recent calf was born in August.
With the most-recent addition, Nong Nooch is now home to 45 elephants.
