Sun, August 01, 2010

24-hour vigil for miracle Aussie elephant ‘Mr. Shuffles’ (AFP)

Posted on 03/11 at 12:23 AM

This photo received from Taronga Zoo on March 11 shows a newborn male Asian elephant calf in the zoo's elephant barn. The calf born on March 10 has continued to make progress, with the zoo's senior veterinarian saying the calf is slowly getting stronger and is now walking around independently and has suckled from his mother, AFP - Australian zoo keepers were keeping a round-the-clock vigil for “Mr. Shuffles”, the miracle elephant calf who survived a marathon nine-day labour despite being declared dead.


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