Raja at La Barben Zoo (Parc Zoologique De La Barben)
The little Asian elephant was Raja. | ||
| EEP Number: 6710 - Raja | ||
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| Species: | Asian elephant | |
| Sex and age: | Female 50 years | |
| Management: | unknown | |
| Location: | La Barben Zoo (Parc Zoologique De La Barben) | |
| Arrived | La Barben Zoo (Parc Zoologique De La Barben) 2011-11-18 from Mallorca Safari Park (Auto Safari Reserva Africana) Mallorca Safari Park (Auto Safari Reserva Africana) 1997-03-05 from Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp) Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp) 1989-04-27 from Rhenen Zoo (Ouwehands Dierenpark Rhenen) Rhenen Zoo (Ouwehands Dierenpark Rhenen) 1967-10-05 from Tilburg Zoo (Tilburgs Natuur Dierenpark) Tilburg Zoo (Tilburgs Natuur Dierenpark) 1967-09-00 from Christ van Dijk Christ van Dijk from Soest Zoo Soest Zoo 1966-00-00 from Frans van den Brink | |
| Born: | 1963 wild | |
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Yesterday our vets removed the dead calf from Irma. She carried her fullgrown female baby for more then a year. The birth of Tonya and sucking Irma's nipples have started the birth process. Irma tried for more then a day to deliver the calf and she was exhausted. So we decided to do a surgery and to remove the dead calf. During the surgery under local anasthesia Irma was standing on her feet all time. The vets opened her birth channel from the backside, just a few centimeters under her anus. They made an incision from ca. 15 cm. and tried to pull the dead calf out. Unfortunately without succes. So the team decided to devide the calf in pieces. Smaller pieces have been removed throuh this hole and the bigger pieces were pushed through her birth channel. Finally, after 12 hours work with a marvelous team, they managed the remove all pieces and could close the wound. Today Irma was doing well. She is receivig pain relief and the wound has been flushed several times. Rob Belterman, Rotterdam Zoo, 2009-02-12 Records about Raja was updated
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