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Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage (Sinhala: පින්නවල අලි අනාථාගාරය), is a captive breeding and conservation institute for wild Asian elephants located at Pinnawala village, 13 km (8.1 mi) northeast of Kegalle town in Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka. Pinnawala has the largest herd of captive elephants in the world.
At the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka, a set of twin elephants were born to a 25-year-old mother elephant named Surangi. Both twins and the mother were reported as being fine.
Pinnawala is a village in Kegalle District of Sri Lanka and is around 90 km from the capital, Colombo. It is well known for its elephant orphanage . Elephant Orphanage
Pinnawala Open Zoo (also called Pinnawala Zoo: Sinhala: පින්නවල සත්වෝද්යානය) is a zoological garden in Pinnawala, Sri Lanka, which is situated closer to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. The zoo was opened for public on 17 April 2015.
Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is an orphanage, nursery and captive breeding ground for wild Asian elephants located at Pinnawala village, 13 km (8.1 mi) northeast of Kegalle town in Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka. Pinnawala is notable for having the largest herd of captive elephants in the world.
The zoo currently houses many different species of mammals including Sri Lankan elephant, lion, jaguar, tiger, sloth bear, brown bear, rusty-spotted cat, Sumatran orangutan, common chimpanzee, lar gibbon, Hamadryas baboon, ring-tailed lemur, silvery lutung, purple-faced leaf monkey, Chapman's zebra, Przewalski's horse, eastern black rhinoceros ...