Staying fit and healthy in pregnancy is super important….especially when you are growing a 250lb fetus! That’s why our keepers have incorporated ‘aqua-natal’ into the daily routine of two pregnant Asian elephants. Noorjahan and Esha, […]
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Major milestone for the pregnant elephants!
Noorjahan and Esha have undergone successful ultrasound scans to check the progress of their calves. Conducted by world-renowned reproductive specialists Prof Dr. Thomas Hildebrandt, Dr Frank Goritz and Dr Susanne Holtze, along with our veterinary […]
Have you HERD the elephant-astic news?
The results of our latest round of super-sized pregnancy testing Zoo has revealed that two elephants are expecting (big) little bundles of joy. Mother and daughter duo, Noorjahan and Esha, are both due to give […]
Pregnancy testing with supersized glittery poo
We are monitoring the reproductive cycles of our female Asian elephants by using coloured edible glitter, which helps to identify the dung. Following recommendations from the European Endangered Species Programme for Tara, Noorjahan and Esha, […]
Saving the Asian elephant: World first pilot study of new vaccine to fight elephant virus begins in UK and Irish zoos
Blackpool Zoo is proud to support Chester Zoo in a pilot study, searching for the world’s first vaccine to fight a deadly herpes virus in Asian elephants. A pilot study of a new vaccine that […]