Sri Lankan elephants from the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage bathing in the river nearby.

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Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is an orphanage, nursery and captive breeding ground for wild Asian elephants located at Pinnawala village, 13Êkm northeast of Kegalle town in Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka. Pinnawala has the largest herd of captive elephants in the world. In 2011, there were 10965 elephants, including 4643 males and 968 females from 3 generations. The orphanage was founded to care and protect the many orphaned unweaned wild elephants found wandering in and near the forests of Sri Lanka established in 1975 by the Sri Lanka Department of Wildlife Conservation

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Location: Pinnawala, Kegalle, Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka.
Photo credit: © Paul Springett 06 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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