JAMUNA REMEMBERS
COMPANION WHO WAS SHOT STRAW BEDDING SET ASIDE Proof that "an elephant never forgets," a fact known to all students of elephant lore, has been provided by the behaviour of Jarauna, the remaining elephant at the Auckland Zoological Park, since her companion Rajah was shot. Jamuna has shown no signs of pining for Rajah, who shared her quarters for several years, but on several occasions her keepers have discovered that she has not forgotten him. In the past, when Jamuna had completed her task of giving rides to children, she was permitted to break open the bale of straw for her bedding each night and pass the wire binding back to her keeper. Half of this bale was taken away and placed in Rajah's stall before his companion had a chance to break it up. This practice was discontinued after Rajah's death, but Jamuna seemed to think that her companion still needed some bedding, and regularly for several nights she divided her share of hay in half and placed it carefully near the front of the adjoining stall, as her trunk would not reach very far round the wall.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22390, 9 April 1936, Page 10
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