Raja leaving Saint Louis Zoo
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- Опубликовано: 13 дек 2023
- After three decades at the Saint Louis Zoo, Raja the elephant will be relocated to help save his species from extinction.
Raja will join the Asian elephants at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, where he will have the opportunity to start a new family group with four females and mentor a young male.
The Saint Louis Zoo announced the move Thursday and shared it came upon the recommendation of the Association of Zoo and Aquarium's Asian Elephant Species Survival Plan (SSP).
“This news is bittersweet for all of us," Saint Louis Zoo Director Michael Macek said in a statement. "We know Raja is dear to his fans and to the Zoo family and he’ll be missed here, but we know this is for the best for Raja and the survival of this species. Thirty years of birthday celebrations is something that will live on in everyone’s memories.”
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Sad but if it’s better for him, it’s what’s best.
Raja. Will you march in the columbus day parade in new york city on 5th avenue?
Won’t he miss his family ?
He’s a male, males don’t typically live with the female herd in the wild they are together to breed and then the male will go a separate way.
I’m confused by this
@@belfiore_18 In the wild a boy elephant will be born into a multigenerational family, when that bull starts becoming sexually mature he will be kicked out of the herd and either roam around alone or find other males to hang out with. Obviously here Saint Louis decided to keep raja for 30+ years until now he will go on to have more babies with a different family
@@ryleyyyyyyyy I see. He only knows this family because he’s in captivity does that make it different
@@belfiore_18 He’s grown up with this family, it’s the only family he has known and I’m sure he may miss it but I’m excited for his new journey! I’m certain he will never forget them, because he is in a zoo where he was the first elephant born and lots of people love him it was decided he would become the new breeding male there. If he wasn’t in captivity he would already have multiple babies with different families