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Pictures from the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka: bathing and feeding. Elephants in the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, in Sri Lanka. The Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is located northwest of Kegalle, halfway between Colombo and Kandy. It was established in 1975 by the Department of Wildlife Conservaion of Sri lanka in order to look after the orphaned elephants. It has now the largest herd of captive elephants in the world (about 80 elephants). The Elephant Orphanage is a popular tourist attraction in Sri Lanka with many foreign and national visitors every day. Pinnawala elephant Orphanage: elephant eating wood. Pinnawala elephant Orphanage (Sri Lanka): elephant eating plants. Elephants' bath in the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, in Sri Lanka: bathing in Maha Oya River.   Links • Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage official site of the pinnawala elephant orphanage.