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Photo of Asian Elephant Kandula

Asian Elephant Kandula
Photo © Jessie Cohen/Smithsonian's National Zoo
This photo shows the Asian elephant Kandula, a male born in 2001. He weighed 324 pounds at birth and is the smallest elephant at National Zoo in Washington, DC. In 2008, the Zoo began construction on Elephant Trails, an innovative new home for a multi-generational herd. The first phase of the trail is now open.