<p><br /> Sydney's premier zoo is celebrating the birth of its first female Asian elephant.<br /> </p><p><br /> The 270 pound calf is reported to be doing well.<br /> </p><p><br /> Taronga Zoo director Cameron Kerr said in a statement that the birth means that Australia now has a dozen of the endangered animals in zoos in Sydney and Melbourne, after initially receiving eight from Thailand in 2006.<br /> </p><p><br /> The newborn, which has yet to be named, is the third born in the Sydney zoo and the first female.<br /> </p><p><br /> The zoo says the calf was suckling within two hours of birth and walking unassisted within three hours.<br /> </p>
