A wild elephant in Dong Nai.
The 25-year-old individual is an Asiatic elephant and has been raised alongside a male elephant at the resort. She has been placed in intensive care by specialists.
According to experts, that elephants can be conceived in a semi-wild environment is a good sign for efforts to conserve Asian elephants in Vietnam, which are already experiencing a rapid decrease in their population.
Forests in Dong Nai’s natural reserve are currently home to an Asian elephant herd of about ten individuals.
In recent years, because of their shrinking habitat, elephants have regularly gone to terraced agricultural areas in search of food, destroying people’s crops.
Several elephants have died due to diseases and the conflict between them and humans.