Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home is situated in Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka. Its other name is Ath Athuru Sewana. Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home (ETH) was established in 1995 by the Sri Lanka Department of Wildlife Conservation. Udawalawa-ETH's main objective is to rehabilitate orphaned calves for ultimate release back into the natural environment. Udawalawa National Park is 33,000 hectares. So elephants don't have a limited area and free to go wherever they want. That natural environment helps them to continue their lifestyle. Also, Udawalawa reservation helps to continue the elephant's daily routine without any human interruption. The rainy season creates a diverse environment for elder and baby elephants. This season they are enjoying it very happily.
When you visit the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home , there are normally between 60 - 80 orphaned elephants, and visitors can watch them being fed from the safety of a viewing platform about 8 meters away at one of the four daily feeding sessions.
There are special milk formulas for feeding baby elephants. This feeding period is a very interesting part, baby elephants running to drink milk. They are fulfilling their nutrition using this milk. Some special guardians of baby elephants use soy milk, rice broth, or jeevanee to increase baby elephants' immune systems. Baby elephant's milk feeding times are 10.30am , 02.30pm, and 06.00pm every day. Watch Baby Elephant Feeding Time.
Elephants are a very important part of our environment. Protecting wild elephants is vital for ecological , cultural , ethical, and economical reasons.
