Babe Elephants in Water

The Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage was started in 1975 by the Department of Wildlife on a twenty five acre coconut property on the Maha Oya river at Rambukkana. The orphanage was primarily designed to afford care and protection to the many baby elephants found in the jungle without their mothers. In most of these cases the mother had either died or been killed. In some instances the baby had fallen into a pit and in others the mother had fallen in and died. Initially this orphanage was at the Wilpattu National Park, then shifted to the tourist complex at Bentota and then to the Dehiwala Zoo. From the Dehiwala Zoo it was shifted 1975 to Pinnawela. At the time it was shifted the orphanage had five baby elephants which formed its nucleus. It was hoped that this facility would attract both local and foreign visitors, the income from which would help to maintain the orphanage. There are only a few elephant orphanages in the world. Pinnawela has now become one of the bigger orphanages and is quite well known world wide.

Sri Lanka Photographs

	A Baby Elephant in water, The Elephant Orphanage - Pinnawela, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Photographs
	A keeper feeding an elephant, The Elephant Orphanage - Pinnawela, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Photographs
	A Tusker relaxing in the water, The Elephant Orphanage - Pinnawela, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Photographs
	An Elephant dressed in purple for a Pageant Sri Lanka Photographs
	An Elephant dressed in white for a Pageant Sri Lanka Photographs
	Baby Elephants, The Elephant Orphanage - Pinnawela, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Photographs
	Elephants striding into the river, The Elephant Orphanage - Pinnawela, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Photographs
	Herd crossing the river, The Elephant Orphanage - Pinnawela, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Photographs
	Jumbo Mud Shampoo, The Elephant Orphanage - Pinnawela, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Photographs
	Lying down for a scrub, The Elephant Orphanage - Pinnawela, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Photographs
	The Blind Tusker, The Elephant Orphanage - Pinnawela, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Photographs
	The jumbo family, The Elephant Orphanage - Pinnawela, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Photographs
	The jumbo scrub, The Elephant Orphanage - Pinnawela, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Photographs
	The Majestic Tusker, The Elephant Orphanage - Pinnawela, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Photographs
	The tusker returning after the bath, The Elephant Orphanage - Pinnawela, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Photographs
	The unfortunate tusker, The Elephant Orphanage - Pinnawela, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Photographs

Ceylon & Sri Lanka - Stamp Mini Sheets (Souvenir Sheets)

	Elephants of Sri Lanka Ceylon Sri Lanka Stamp SS
	Orphaned Giants on Earth (Elephant Orphanage Pinnawala) Ceylon Sri Lanka Stamp SS

Ceylon & Sri Lanka - Mint Stamps

	Elephants Ceylon Sri Lanka Mint Stamps
	Elephants Ceylon Sri Lanka Mint Stamps
	Orphaned Giants on Earth (Elephant Orphanage Pinnawala) Ceylon Sri Lanka Mint Stamps
	Orphaned Giants on Earth (Elephant Orphanage Pinnawala) Ceylon Sri Lanka Mint Stamps
	Orphaned Giants on Earth (Elephant Orphanage Pinnawala) Ceylon Sri Lanka Mint Stamps
	Orphaned Giants on Earth (Elephant Orphanage Pinnawala) Ceylon Sri Lanka Mint Stamps
	Orphaned Giants on Earth (Elephant Orphanage Pinnawala) (set of 4) Ceylon Sri Lanka Mint Stamps
	Sri Lanka Wild Elephants - Bathing Ceylon Sri Lanka Mint Stamps
	Sri Lanka Wild Elephants - Tusker Ceylon Sri Lanka Mint Stamps
	Udawalawa National Park - Sri Lankan Elephant (Elephas maximus Maximus) Ceylon Sri Lanka Mint Stamps
	Vesak Festival - Dantika and elephant Ceylon Sri Lanka Mint Stamps

Sri Lanka used stamps

	Raja' Royal Ceremonial Elephant, Kandy, Commemoration Sri Lanka Used Stamps
	Vesak Festival - Dantika and elephant Sri Lanka Used Stamps
	Vesak Festival. Dasa Paramita (Ten Virtues) - Man and elephant Sri Lanka Used Stamps
	Vesak. The Story of King Daham Sonda from ancient casket paintings - Elephant paraded with gift Sri Lanka Used Stamps