31 May 2015

Spectrum: Anjalee the elephant

From Spectrum, 12:15 pm on 31 May 2015

Anjalee
Photo courtesy Auckland Zoo/Jane Healy.

It takes a lot to look after a 1600 kilo baby elephant... - elephant team leader Andrew Coers, Anjalee’s constant companion.

Frequent dirt baths and even more frequent showers, health checks, enrichment sessions and finding Anjalee enough food each day have kept him and a few of the locals on their toes. Anjalee is on her way to Auckland - via a 90 day stopover in Niue.

The eight-year-old female is from a Sri Lankan elephant orphanage and is passing her quarantine period on the island before settling in at Auckland Zoo. She’s the first ever elephant on Niue and not surprisingly, she’s become a big hit with the locals.

Spectrum’s Justin Gregory is in Niue to meet Anjalee and find out what it takes to make an elephant feel at home.

Anjalee cropped

Photo courtesy Auckland Zoo/Jane Healy.

Anjalee
Photo courtesy Auckland Zoo/Jane Healy.

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