On February 10 around 1:15 AM elephant Douanita gave birth to a healthy daughter. The little girl received the name Tonya after former director of the Rotterdam Zoo: Ton Dorresteijn.

Watch the birth of this little elephant & her first steps at our youtube-page: http://www.youtube.com/diergaardeblijdorp

UPDATES:

• 25/3/09: elephant Bangka (daughter of Irma & Alexander) pregnant (gestation time: 22 months, baby expected: +/- August 2010)
• 12/2/09: elephant Irma finally gives birth tot dead calf (baby died a year ago, but was never born)
• March 2009: Tonya set her first steps outside. Our photographer Rob Doolaard made some photo's: