Wise one Cian, 11, wins right to name baby elephant ‘Budi’

AN 11-year-old boy has come up with an exotic and apt name for Dublin Zoo’s two-month-old Asian elephant.

Wise one Cian, 11, wins right to name baby elephant ‘Budi’

Cian Cooke, from Tallaght, suggested Budi, meaning “wise one” in Indonesian, for the newborn animal after searching on the internet for a name.

The two-month-old bull elephant was officially named yesterday after an online competition which more than 1,000 people entered.

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