On the island of Sri Lanka, about 86 kilometers north-east of Colombo there is Pinnawala elephant nursery, where live about 90 elephants of all ages - from the "kids" to "seniors".
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The nursery was founded in 1975 as a shelter for sick and injured elephants, as well as an orphanage for elephants abandoned by their parents, found in the forests of Sri Lanka.
Over time, in addition to the shelter care for baby elephants they became more engaged in their cultivation, turning it into a real elephant nursery, the largest on the island and in the whole world. Over the past thirty years, there were born about two dozen of elephants.
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In general, life all of these elephants is under constant surveillance of 50 overseers, by whom they are fed, watered , given milk, they also show all that great elephant family to many tourists.
By the way, strong adult males are engaged in some works on the territory of the nursery, such as the transportation of food. Since the size of the nursery is limited, because of this all of their food is imported. Each adult animal consumes about 76 kg of green grass and about 2 kg of food supplements containing rice bran and corn daily.
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Pinnawala Elephant Nursery is open for visitors every day, and the best time for the visit – the time of feeding and bathing of the animals. This happens twice a day - at 9:30 and 13:30 and lasts about an hour.