‘Luk Chai’, the calf of two Bangkok street elephants which arrived from Thailand in 2006, kicks a giant soccer ball during his second birthday celebrations at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, yesterday. The 830-kilo infant was the first Asian elephant to be born in Australia and is considered to be a milestone in the zoo’s Asian Elephant Conservation Programme.

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