A baby Sumatran elephant (Elephas Maximus sumatranus) who is only 4 days old plays with his mother under the supervision of a mahout and a veterinarian at the Lembah Hijau Conservation Center, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia on Monday, August 10, 2022. The male baby elephant is the result of mating elephants Sumatra for the first time gave birth to a male elephant calf on August 7, 2022, On the eve of the World Elephants Day, a baby Sumatran elephant was born to a mother elephant named Mega (25 years old) at the Lembah Hijau Zoo, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia. Anadolu Agency video captured the male baby elephant which is the first in Sumatra to be born at the Conservation Institute. The baby elephant was born on last Sunday weighing about 102 kilograms with a body length of 111 meters and a length of 33 cm and a height of 86 cm. This baby elephant is the first born in Lembah Hijau after six years at the Conservation Institute, and the birth of this elephant calf is considered as a gift for the zoo in celebrating World Elephant Day on August 12 and the 77th Independence of the Republic of Indonesia. The first World Elephant Day was celebrated on Aug. 12, 2012, after it was conceived by the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation and filmmakers Patricia Sims and Michael Clark in 2011. The World Elephant Day is celebrated to draw attention to the conservation of elephants and the declining elephant population.

Video by Wawan Kurniawan/Derauvisual