Columbus Zoo Has a ‘Herd’ of Elephants

Four elephants don’t make a herd but six do, and the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium can officially say, they’ve got a whole herd of them.

This morning the zoo received two female Asian elephants to add to their growing elephant family. The reason? More elephants equals even more, happier elephants.

The hope is that the two male elephants will breed with the new females, increasing the calf and elephant population of North America by two. Not only that, studies have shown, according to the zoo press release, that more elephants together equal happier animals overall.

The new elephants come from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation. They’re not out for public viewing just yet. Sunny and Rudy will be kept in quarantine before meeting their new family and hopefully they’re new life mates.

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