Aug 26, Colombo: Forty sixth elephant cub was born in Sri Lanka’s Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage recently.

An elephant named Sapumali gave birth to the new cub. The officials said that the cub is in good health.

The orphanage originally founded in order to afford care and protection to the many orphaned elephants found injured in various accidents in the jungle has its own generation born in captivity now.

Pinnawala, the largest herd of captive elephants in the world with 81 elephants in total is a major tourist attraction in Sri Lanka.