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Columbus Zoo reveals name of baby Asian elephant

By WHIO Staff

Baby Asian elephant, sea lion pup born at Ohio's Columbus Zoo Stock photo of an Asian elephant calf. Ohio's Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is celebrating the arrival of not one but two new babies – an elephant and a sea lion. (Rawlinson_Photography/Getty Images)

By WHIO Staff

COLUMBUS — The Columbus Zoo’s baby Asian elephant calf finally has a name.

The zoo announced that a donor family named him “Frankie” in honor of their late mother.

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“Their mother was a nurse practitioner who spent her career delivering babies—and they say she would have been so in love with this little 500-pound guy. Her family is honored to help name this incredible elephant calf to honor their mom,” the zoo said in a social media post.

Frankie, who made his arrival during the early morning of June 16, was born to the zoo’s 33-year-old Asian elephant, Phoebe.

The zoo said Frankie is Phoebe’s fourth calf born at the zoo and her fifth calf overall. Her last calf, Ellie, sadly passed away a few weeks after her birth in 2018 due to a bacterial infection.

Just two other live Asian elephants have been born at the Columbus Zoo throughout the zoo’s history, according to the zoo.





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