Located 90 km from Colombo in Rambukkana, the orphanage was inaugurated in 1975. “This was started with five baby elephants
A feast of fruits and vegetables set up for the elephants at the orphanage. Pic/X@rangaba
Sri Lanka marked the golden jubilee of the iconic Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage on Sunday, celebrating 50 years of caring for majestic giants at the sanctuary.
Located 90 km from Colombo in Rambukkana, the orphanage was inaugurated in 1975. “This was started with five baby elephants. Today it provides refuge for 69 elephants from various age groups,” the Director General of the Zoological Department Chandana Rajapaksa said.
Rajapaksa said that baby elephants who stray from their herd and fall into pits while searching for water, or suffer injuries are being cared for at the orphanage. There are over 50 handlers at the orphanage.
To mark the golden jubilee, the elephants were provided a special feast of fruits. Videos uploaded on the Department of National Zoological Gardens’s official Facebook account showed officials cutting a huge cake and feeding it to the elephants. Visitors, too, fed the pachyderms.
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