For 95 years, California zoo never had male calf birth. Now it’s had two in as many weeks

After nearly a century-long drought, the Fresno Chaffee Zoo has welcomed a second male elephant calf in as many weeks, staffers said on social media Tuesday.

The new calf, which so far has not been named, was born about 9:48 a.m. Monday inside an enclosure, where the mother, Amahle, was caught on camera giving birth, the zoo said on social media .

Zoo staffers noticed Amahle, an African elephant and first-time mother, was showing signs of being in labor earlier in the morning.

The video from the zoo showed the calf birthed onto the ground (accompanied by blood and afterbirth) as another African elephant, Nolwazi, and her calf watched from several feet away.

Nolwazi gave birth Aug. 16 to the first male calf born at the Chaffee Zoo, which is 95 years old, staffers said previously.

It didn’t take long after being born for Amhle’s baby to be on his feet. “Soon after he was up, following mom around,” a narrator says over the video.

The zoo brought in a new male, Mabu, a couple of years ago in an effort to breed calves.

African elephants are Earth’s largest land animals at about 13 feet tall and weighing up to 15,432 pounds, according to National Geographic . Elephant pregnancies are nearly 22 months long.

Elephants at Chaffee Zoo can commonly be seen in the African Safari exhibit, which is about 13 acres and also features plains animals like gazelle, impala and kudu, among many more.

Not all zoo-watchers are excited about the zoo’s efforts around elephants.

The zoo has been named multiple times by In Defense of Animals, which lists the zoos in the country that offer the worst treatment of elephants. Chaffee has made the top 10 worst list in the past two years.

The Nonhuman Rights Project last year filed a petition in California Supreme Court, arguing the elephants have a right to bodily liberty and should be protected by habeas corpus. The group wants the elephants released to a sanctuary accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries.