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It’s official: At more than 1,000 pounds, elephant toddler Tula-Tu is growing up
It’s official: At more than 1,000 pounds, elephant toddler Tula-Tu is growing up
It’s official: At more than 1,000 pounds, elephant toddler Tula-Tu is growing up

Published on: 03/03/2026

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Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Steve Lefave, curator for elephants at the Oregon Zoo, speaks with the media during Tula-Tu’s first birthday celebration Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Portland, Ore. Lefave oversees the zoo’s elephant care program and serves on Association of Zoos and Aquariums elephant advisory committees.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant calf, turns 1 year old Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.

Portland’s favorite pachyderm, Tula-Tu, may be halfway to a ton — but she’s still certifiably tiny, at least by elephant standards.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2026/03/its-official-at-more-than-1000-pounds-elephant-toddler-tula-tu-is-growing-up.html

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