Sri Lanka's main elephant orphanage marked its 50th anniversary Sunday with a fruit feast for the 68 jumbos at the showpiece centre, reputedly the world's first care home for destitute pachyderms.

THE ‘King of Fruits’ feast at the Rest City Restaurant in Jalan Sekerat saw 1,200 free durians being snapped up within an hour. The free durian feast, which is believed to be the first ever to ...

It also buys tonnes of fruit and milk for the younger calves, who are adored by the foreign and local visitors to the orphanage, located about 90 kilometres (56 miles) east of the capital Colombo.

PINNAWALA, Sri Lanka:Sri Lanka's main elephant orphanage marked its 50th anniversary Sunday with a fruit feast for the 68 ...