The baby Asian elephant's name means 'queen' in the Thai language.
"Naming her Nang Phaya, which is a Thai word for queen or matriarch, seemed like the perfect way to pay tribute to Her Majesty The Queen for her work as ZSL's patron and honor Donna's famous encounter with her, while symbolically connecting the calf to the herds of Asian elephants in Thailand that are under threat from increasing habitat disturbance and loss which escalates human-elephant conflict and the well-being of both elephants and communities.
Asian elephants are classified as Endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and recent estimates suggest that as few as 7,000 are left in South-East Asia. Elizabeth, a 9-month-old Asian Elephant, named after Queen Elizabeth II plays in the sand during the opening of the new Centre for Elephant Care at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo on April 11, 2017, in Dunstable, England. Another elephant calf was named after the late monarch in August 2022.
"Definitely a leader-in-the-making, Nang Phaya is energetic and playful, climbing on anything and everything and racing around the elephant habitat while her mum Donna, grandma Kaylee and the rest of the herd try to keep up. Although not on solid food yet, she has been experimenting with using her trunk to pick up twigs and is gradually getting the knack of using it."Produced in association with Magazine Features .
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