White Elephants

The records of Phra Sawet Adulyadej Phahnon, the first white elephant of Thailand's King Bhumibol, have been updated at Elephant.se. A history of the 60 year old animal, now residing in the royal elephant shed at Klai Kangwon Palace, was described at Wade Burck's "Circus No-Spin Zone" on November 10.

>> "Phra Sawet Adulyadej Phahnon (Phlai Kaeo) at Klai Kangwon Palace" at Elephant.se

Phra Sawet Adulyadej Phahnon
Courtesy of CircusNoSpin.blogspot.com

Zurich Zoo - Maxi

There is a long discussion currently occurring regarding a ShowMe Elephants article from several days past regarding Moto and Toto, two former Colchester Zoo / Dreamland's Safari Wild Animal Park elephants. Recent input has discovered a likely probability that the male Moto is in fact the Zurich Zoo's current breeding bull Maxi. Toto's current location was discovered to be the Toto of the Warsaw Zoo. More information and confirmation for these discoveries is sought.

>> "Safari Zoo - Moto and Toto" at ShowMe Elephants, 09/16/2011

Zurich Zoo, Maxi, 2010
Courtesy of Elefanten-Fotolexikon.eu

Chris Hamblen Collection - Whipsnade Wild Animal Park II

The following photograph was graciously shared by Chris Hamblen from the Whipsnade Wild Animal Park in the United Kingdom during winter 2010.

Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, 02/2010
Courtesy of C Hamblen

Colchester Zoo - Moto and Toto

IN THE 70S IN SOUTH ENGLAND I HAD THE JOB OF PICKING UP TWO FULL GROWN ELEPHANTS UP, CALLED MOTO AND TOTO FROM COLCHESTER ZOO ? NORTH ENGLAND, AND I HAD TO TAKE THEM BACK TO THE ZOO IN MARGATE KENT, WHO HAD PURCHASED THEM, ANY REFERENCE TO THIS PAIR OF ELEPHANTS. //X CHIPPERFIELDS ELEPHANT KEEPER, PETER

From "The Colchester Express," 1967
Courtesy of Gorotex / ZooChat.com

Chris Hamblen Collection - Whipsnade Wild Animal Park I

The following photographs were graciously shared by Chris Hamblen from the Whipsnade Wild Animal Park in the United Kingdom during winter 2010.

Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, 02/2010
Courtesy of C Hamblen

Photographs From the Son - Sedgwick County Zoo

The following photographs were taken in April 2009 during a visit to the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas.

Sedgwick County Zoo, 04/2009
Courtesy of R Easley

The Father's Photographs - St. Louis Zoo

The following photographs were taken at the St. Louis Zoo in December 1993, celebrating the first birthday of the zoo's first elephant calf, Raja.

St Louis Zoo, 12/1993
Courtesy of M Easley