ABQ BioPark Zoo Baby elephant born

The ABQ BioPark's past 15 years of efforts to train a family herd is a great success story. Rozie was allowed to give birth with her mother, Alice, and daughter, Jazmine, present. This enabled Jazmine to witness the birth and to help her learn how to be a mom herself. This natural herd birth is a huge advancement in the care and socialization of Asian elephants in human care. Rozie was an uneducated female for her first birth, having not witnessed one herself. Elephants need to learn how to parent by watching their families.