Feeding time at the Uda Walawe Elephant Transit Home (Sri Lanka)
The Government of Sri Lanka established an elephant orphanage in Pinnawela in the year 1975 to care for such abandoned and orphaned elephants and their numbers have grown ever since. Today Pinnawela is home for over 80 captive elephants, and is thought to be largest captive herd in the world.
Caring and feeding such a large number of elephants is but a huge task itself. Alternatively the Government in the year 1995 created the Elephant Transit Home [ETH] in Uda Walawe [Sinhala – Eth Athuru Sevana] with the idea of caring and bringing up baby elephants found abandoned in the wild until they could be released back to the wild devoid of bringing up them in captivity.
The Elephant Transit Home in Uda Walawe is loved by many and is visited by many to see these calves being given milk as feed four times a day; at 9 am, 12 noon, 3 pm and 6 pm. It is only during these times that the general public get a chance to see them. The rest of the time they spend in the confines out of the view of people in a areas adjacent to the reservoir in the thicket.
Elephant Transit Home Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka
The Udawalawe Elephant Transfer Home is a facility within Udawalawe National Park in Sri Lanka that was established in 1995 by the Sri Lanka Department of Wildlife Conservation. Its primary objective is to rehabilitate orphaned elephant calves for ultimate release back into the wild.
The main objective of this facility is rehabilitation of orphaned baby elephants to ultimately release them back into their natural habitat. Up to three elephants per week are killed in Sri Lanka due to conflicts with humans, often leaving behind orphan calves.[1] The elephants are kept at part of the Udawalawe National Park to maintain familiarity with their habitat, but have access to both food and medical care.
All care at the facility is by trained staff, and efforts are made to minimize contact between elephants and humans to keep the elephants from becoming acclimated to humans. Although visitors can watch the elephants being fed, they are not allowed to touch or otherwise interact with them.
The Elephant Transit Home at the Udawalawe National Park
Up to three elephants are killed in Sri Lanka per week due to conflicts with humans. Orphaned baby elephants are often left behind unable to fend for themselves in the wild. The Elephant Transit Home (ETH) at the Udawalawe National Park was established by the Department of Wildlife Conservation in 1995 to rehabilitate baby elephants so that they can be released back into the wild.
The first orphaned baby elephant taken care of at the ETH was a one-year-old female named Komali. She was found wandering alone in the forest near Meegalawa area in the Anuradhapura District. Since then, more than 250 elephants have been taken care of at the ETH. All the orphaned elephants at the centre are released back into to the wild at the age of 5.
SRI LANKA VLOG #15 - UDAWALAWE ELEPHANT TRANSIT HOME
#SriLanka #TurtleHatchery #Udawalawe
Today was a different day. In the morning we visited an Elephant Transit Home, Baby elephants that lost their parents live in this place until they are 5 years old, and then they are released in the wild again. This facility is in Udawalawe National Park.
In the afternoon we went to Kosgoda to visit Victor Hasselblad Sea Turtle Research And Conservation Centre. They buy turtle eggs in the black market and help them hatch and later release them in the ocean. THey keep a few to study, the blind, the albino and those who are born with deficiency.
We wild coment about these two facilities in another video, later. Understand that nobody is perfect and these facilities pretend to make good for the animals. Depending, on the person you are walking with, this might be true or not.
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Feeding time at the Uda Walawe Elephant Transit center (Sri Lanka)
The Government of Sri Lanka established an elephant orphanage in Pinnawela in the year 1975 to care for such abandoned and orphaned elephants and their numbers have grown ever since. Today Pinnawela is home for over 80 captive elephants, and is thought to be largest captive herd in the world.
Caring and feeding such a large number of elephants is but a huge task itself. Alternatively the Government in the year 1995 created the Elephant Transit Home [ETH] in Uda Walawe [Sinhala – Eth Athuru Sevana] with the idea of caring and bringing up baby elephants found abandoned in the wild until they could be released back to the wild devoid of bringing up them in captivity.
The Elephant Transit Home in Uda Walawe is loved by many and is visited by many to see these calves being given milk as feed four times a day; at 9 am, 12 noon, 3 pm and 6 pm. It is only during these times that the general public get a chance to see them. The rest of the time they spend in the confines out of the view of people in a areas adjacent to the reservoir in the thicket.
Elephant Transit Home Uda Walawe National Park Sri Lanka
Elephant Transit Home Uda Walawe National Park Sri Lanka
Morning Feeding Time - Elephant Transit Home, Udawalawe
Morning Feeding Time at 9.00 AM
Ath Athuru Sevana (Elephant Transit Home) at Udawalawe
Video Recorded by Pasidhu Andrady
Sri Lanka 2016
Baby elephants bathing at Eth Athuru Sevana ! (The First Elephant Transit Home in Asia )
Eth Athuru Sevana” or the “Elephant Transit Home” is the Asia’s first rehabilitation center for elephants. Established in 1995 by the Wild life Conservation Department the center lies on a 200 acre land on the western boarder of the Udawalawe National Park. with the Udawalawe Reservoir as the southern boarder.
Baby elephants are some times wounded by traps laid by humans or by gunshot injuries. Some calves become orphaned when the mother dies or gets killed. The center takes in the sick , wounded or orphans baby elephants and nourish them until they are capable of living on their own and release them to various national parks.
Baby elephants bathing at Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home ! ( First Elephant Transit Home in Asia )
Feeding time at the Uda Walawe Elephant Transit center [Sinhala – Eth Athuru Sevana]
The Government of Sri Lanka established an elephant orphanage in Pinnawela in the year 1975 to care for such abandoned and orphaned elephants and their numbers have grown ever since. Today Pinnawela is home for over 80 captive elephants, and is thought to be largest captive herd in the world.
Caring and feeding such a large number of elephants is but a huge task itself. Alternatively the Government in the year 1995 created the Elephant Transit Home [ETH] in Uda Walawe [Sinhala – Eth Athuru Sevana] with the idea of caring and bringing up baby elephants found abandoned in the wild until they could be released back to the wild devoid of bringing up them in captivity.
The Elephant Transit Home in Uda Walawe is loved by many and is visited by many to see these calves being given milk as feed four times a day; at 9 am, 12 noon, 3 pm and 6 pm. It is only during these times that the general public get a chance to see them. The rest of the time they spend in the confines out of the view of people in a areas adjacent to the reservoir in the thicket.
ETH - Elephant Transit Home (ඇත් අතුරු සෙවන) Episode 1 | www.htv.lk
ETH or the Elephant Transit Home in Udawalave, Sri Lanka is a very popular tourist attraction. It not only provide shelter to orphaned baby elephants but also release t hem back in to the jungle when the time is correct.
Dr Vijitha Perera a well known and respected veterinarian in the field of Elephants has been working tirelessly with his staff on behalf of the Department of Wild Life in Sri Lanka for the betterment of hundreds of lost elephants.
The success story of ETH is a program not to be missed by any animal lover.
HTV wishes to subtitle these programs in to languages required in future depending on the need. Hence viewers response is very much appreciated.
Day 4 Sri Lanka afternoon drive to Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home.
Wonderful visit at feeding time to see the baby elephants at the Udawalawe elephant transit home.
You can buy milk for a baby elephant via the Born Free foundation, who are a supporter of this facility.
Uda Walawe Elephant Transit home Sri Lanka
Footage taken in Feb 2017 of the orphan elephants being rehabilitated for return to the wild.
You can buy a bottle of milk for one of the elephants here:
Park Udawalawe oraz ETH - Elephant Transit House
Film o Elephant Transit Home w Udawalawe. Park Narodowy i centrum przystosowywania sierot słoni azjatyckich do życia w naturalnym środowisku. Wspaniały park, piękne zdjęcia, niezapomniane wrażenia. Słonie to nie jedyni mieszkańcy tego rejonu. Zwykle znajduje się tu mnóstwo różnorakiego ptactwa wodnego, gady, płazy, małpy wąskonose, bawoły wodne, pawie, orły, zające, dzikie świnie, szakale. Przemiła obsługa jeepów, po prostu village boys oferujący usługi, świetne hotele w totalnej dżungli. Jeśli ktoś chce przeżyć coś określane prawdziwą Sri Lanką, warto spędzić w Udawalawe co najmniej jedną noc. Można nie tylko zwiedzić Park Narodowy ale również wykąpać się z lokalesami w zbiornikach wodnych posiadających wiele cudnych plaż, udać się na przechadzkę po lokalnym, cichym i śpiącym miasteczku, gdzie można spotkać świetne lokalne towarzystwo bez beach boysowego naciągania. Tanamanwilla, miejscowość zaraz obok to kiedyś centrum handlu miejscową samosiejką. Kilka barów, restauracyjek serwujących ubogie lankijskie jedzenie. Sklepy, dworzec autobusowy. Idealne miejsce do poznania prawdziwego oblicza wyspy w tym rejonie gdyż lokalesi praktycznie nie mają tu styczności z Białymi, co zwykle stwarza ogromne zainteresowanie i oczywiście przy dobrym humorze wianuszek lokalnych znajomych. Warto zejść z utartej ścieżki.
Eth Athuru Sevana – The First Elephant Transit Home in Asia
“Eth Athuru Sevana” or the “Elephant Transit Home” is the Asia’s first rehabilitation center for elephants. Established in 1995 by the Wild life Conservation Department the center lies on a 200 acre land on the western boarder of the Udawalawe National Park. with the Udawalawe Reservoir as the southern boarder.
Baby elephants are some times wounded by traps laid by humans or by gunshot injuries. Some calves become orphaned when the mother dies or gets killed. The center takes in the sick , wounded or orphans baby elephants and nourish them until they are capable of living on their own and release them to various national parks.
Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home_01
ETH is the only location in Sri Lanka where you will find orphaned elephants who are being looked after till they are released to the jungle where they belong. ETH in Udawalawe even offers you the opportunity to foster an elephant.
Elephant Transit Home (ඇත් අතුරු සෙවන) Episode 2 | www.htv.lk
ETH or the Elephant Transit Home in Uda Walave, Sri Lanka is a very popular tourist attraction. It not only provide shelter to orphaned baby elephants but also release t hem back in to the jungle when the time is correct.
Dr Vijitha Pereraa a well known and respected veterinarian in the field of Elephants has been working tirelessly with his staff on behalf of the Department of Wild Life in Sri Lanka for the betterment of hundreds of lost elephants.
The success story of ETH is a program not to be missed by any animal lover.
HTV wishes to subtitle these programs in to languages required in future depending on the need. Hence viewers response is very much appreciated.
Elephant Transit Home, Udawalawe
De video is opgenomen tijdens voedertijd in het Elephant Transit Home, dat vlak naast het Udawalawe National Park ligt, Sri Lanka, oktober 2014
De achtergrondgeluiden zijn van de honden, die er op het terrein van het ETH rondlopen. De olifanten worden 3 maal daags van melk voorzien, op die tijden kan het publiek die met hun entreebedrag bijdragen aan de exploitatiekosten om de jonge olifantjes in leven te houden.
De jonge olifantjes worden of verweest of gewond gevonden in het aangrenzende National Park.
Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home
Presently, the Elephant Transit Home (ETH) founded in 1995 at the Udawalawe National Park is home to 40 orphaned or abandoned elephant calves between the ages of 1-5 years. These rescued elephants who cannot survive in the wild alone are nurtured and cared for by a dedicated team of keepers. Since its inception, the ETH has overseen the reintegration of 90 elephants back into the wild. Dilmah Conservation has extended its support to the ETH in expanding and improving its infrastructure facilities, including the refurbishment of the visitor information centre, and installing solar water heaters and filtration system coupled with a UV sterilizer to help minimise heating costs.
Namal the baby elephant_Udawalawe ETH 02
ETH is the only location in Sri Lanka where you will find orphaned elephants who are being looked after till they are released to the jungle where they belong. However Namal is not so lucky like his friends at the ETH. His leg which was badly damaged was operated by Dr.Vijitha of wild life department of Sri Lanka who is also incharge of ETH at present. ETH in Udawalawe even offers you the opportunity to foster an elephant.