Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
It’s been just over a year and a half since Burma moved to Monarto Safari Park to create a new herd of Asian elephants in South Australia.
You might remember this familiar face, as the Zoos SA elephant team is led by Elephant Manager Andrew Coers (previously our Elephants Team Leader) who relocated to South Australia with Corryn and their family to continue to care for Burma.
“Burma is really starting to adapt and settle into her new home. She’s been making the most of the fresh grass and really enjoying grazing on sunny days. She loves to swim and has made use of the habitat’s many waterholes, which is fantastic,” explains Andrew.
In this video, you can see Burma breaking up and devouring a ripe watermelon with her trunk, and dust-bathing which is an activity she loves to do either with sand or with clay.
‘Elephants of Asia’ at Monarto is a 12-hectare open range safari with a variety of habitat spaces and watering holes for female elephants Burma, Permai, Pak Boon, Tang Mo and male Putra Mas.
“We’ve had the most amazing support from the South Australia community falling in love with all the elephants, but I’ve especially loved meeting so many people from New Zealand making the effort to pop in and check in on Burma. She is such the advocate for her species and bringing people closer to nature.”
“Working together for wildlife is important to us here at Zoos SA and Auckland Zoo. Both organisations continue to support wild elephants in through our amazing partnerships with the Centre for Conservation Research in Sri Lanka.”
Read more - aucklandzoo.co.nz/news/asian-elephant-burma-enjoys-her-new-digs-in-australia #WorldElephantDay
It’s been just over a year and a half since Burma moved to Monarto Safari Park to create a new herd of Asian elephants in South Australia.
You might remember this familiar face, as the Zoos SA elephant team is led by Elephant Manager Andrew Coers (previously our Elephants Team Leader) who relocated to South Australia with Corryn and their family to continue to care for Burma.
“Burma is really starting to adapt and settle into her new home. She’s been making the most of the fresh grass and really enjoying grazing on sunny days. She loves to swim and has made use of the habitat’s many waterholes, which is fantastic,” explains Andrew.
In this video, you can see Burma breaking up and devouring a ripe watermelon with her trunk, and dust-bathing which is an activity she loves to do either with sand or with clay.
‘Elephants of Asia’ at Monarto is a 12-hectare open range safari with a variety of habitat spaces and watering holes for female elephants Burma, Permai, Pak Boon, Tang Mo and male Putra Mas.
“We’ve had the most amazing support from the South Australia community falling in love with all the elephants, but I’ve especially loved meeting so many people from New Zealand making the effort to pop in and check in on Burma. She is such the advocate for her species and bringing people closer to nature.”
“Working together for wildlife is important to us here at Zoos SA and Auckland Zoo. Both organisations continue to support wild elephants in through our amazing partnerships with the Centre for Conservation Research in Sri Lanka.”
Read more - aucklandzoo.co.nz/news/asian-elephant-burma-enjoys-her-new-digs-in-australia #WorldElephantDay
