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Pinnawala elephant Orphanage,  Srilanka

25 Acres of land transformed to forest,  habitat for  82 elephants in Srilanka.  They can move around freely,  the centre has only 35 mahouts.  They can play in the river Mahaweli.  Its also a natural breeding centre for elephants.  Programs to start artificial insemination is going on.  Every elephant is given 75Kg of food every day.  The main food is coconut leaves.
 
 

Pinnawala is about 3 Km from the Colombo-Candy road.  The centre has a peaceful atmosphere to view the elephants and they are also harmless to their visitors.