Panakka
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Sri Lanka unspecified location in Sri Lanka

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Panakka  dead elephant

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂, unknown age
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place: in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Death
Dead:
Death location: Sri Lanka unspecified location
Death reason: euthanised: shot, aggresive
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Sri Lanka unspecified location, in Sri Lanka

Date of arrival

Sri Lanka unspecified location
from John Hagenbeck & Co.

John Hagenbeck & Co.
from Unknown

Record history
History of updates2020-11-06

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Panakka is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Sri Lanka unspecified location, in Sri Lanka, . Official death reason described as shot, aggresive.

Origin

Panakka was born wild at Sri Lanka unspecified location.


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John Hagenbeck bought the elephant in a village close to Kandy. After it was separated from its Mahout the elephant became rogue, and was sold back to the owner. later, after the elephant was sold again, he was shot due to aggressivness.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Panakka, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Sri Lanka unspecified location in Sri Lanka. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4082. (archived at the Wayback machine)


Sources used for this article is among others:

  • Page 123, 124, Funfundzwanzig Jahre Ceylonaswx, 1922, by John Hagenbeck.
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