Jumbos in jim jams!

HERE’S a present these elephants will never forget.

As the nights grow cold in the Indian sanctuary where the rescued animals now live, they can slip into these massive jumpers that have been specially knitted for them.

In fact, with the tailor-made red legwear, it almost looks as if they are wearing pyjamas.

Ladies in the village near the Wildlife SOS Elephant Conservation and Care Centre in Mathura began knitting and crocheting the mammoth pyjamas last year.

Their handiwork, which took months to complete, was in response to an appeal from staff at the centre, where temperatures at night dip close to freezing – too cold even for an elephant’s thick hide.

Females Laxmi, Phoolkali and Suzy were the first of the centre’s 20 elephants to get to model their new knitwear. Kartick Satyanarayan, founder of the centre, said: ‘They really took to their jumpers.

‘Elephants care less about fashion and much more about being warm.’

Knitting circle: Female elephants Phoolkali, right, and Laxmi watch as the finishing touches are made to their colourful pyjamas Pyjama party: Suzy, left, and Phoolkali in their new outfits