The National Elephant Center of two females and two males arrived from Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park. Completion of the initial plan is likely to take up to 10 years. The National Elephant Center is located on in Fellsmere, Florida. The Elephant Center will feature on-site housing for staff and two barns for Asian and African elephants, each capable of supporting nine animals. The design calls for barns to be connected by a central hub, surrounded by a habitat that can be subdivided depending on the needs of the elephants. The largest area of the Elephant Center is the Central Elephant Meander, a area
Kandula (elephant) Kandula (elephant) Kandula is a famous war elephant mentioned in the Sinhala chronicle Mahavamsa. According to the chronicle, when Dutugamunu of Sri Lanka (101–77 BC) was born, many items of value were said to have appeared spontaneously, which were found and brought in by various people as gifts to the newborn. Among them a fine elephant who was found by a fisherman named "Kandula". The elephant was named for its finder and became the companion of Dutugamunu, serving as his mount during the wars that led to the unification of Sri Lanka. The climactic duel between king Ellalan and Dutugemunu