Yumeka the artistic elephant welcomed to Okinawa Zoo & Museum in hopes of getting pregnant
Yumeka, an Asian elephant from Ichihara Elephant Kingdom in Chiba Prefecture, shows off her art skills on November 18 at the Okinawa Zoo & Museum in Okinawa City.
November 23, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
(Okinawa) On November 18, a welcome party was held for Yumeka, a 10-year-old female Asian elephant who has come from Ichihara Elephant Kingdom, a zoo in Chiba Prefecture, to Okinawa Zoo & Museum.
Yumeka will stay at Okinawa Zoo & Museum for six months to a year in order to try to get pregnant.
She was welcomed by 150 zoo visitors and staff. Yumeka put on a show for the visitors, playing the tambourine and showing off her art skills.
No elephant born in Japan has ever borne a child, so if Yumeka gives birth she will be the first.
Yumeka appeared at the welcome party with a traditional Okinawan ryusou-patterned ribbon on her ear.
She sometimes surprised the visitors by trumpeting.
Three-year-old Tadashi Henza’s eyes were wide with surprise as he remarked, “It was so big!’
His cousin, Ichika Miyazato, age five, said, “She was very cute. I hope she has a girl.”
(Translation by T&CT and Sandi Aritza)
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