Relocated elephants from Anuradhapura forest in Sri Lanka


Anuradhapura forest had previously 13 elephants relocated to new location.

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival
Departure
Present locationImport
1 † ♂ EM - Old Josh
dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown:
1851-00-00
Van Amburg Circus 1851-05-04
2 † ♂ EM - Tom Thumb
SSP id: T2300
dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: killed: Executed by electrocution 1887-00-00
1851-00-00
Bronx Zoo 1851-05-04
3 † ♂ EM - Pizarro II
dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: :
1851-00-00
Van Amburg Circus 1851-05-04
4 † ♀ EM - Jenny
dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: :
1851-00-00
U.S.A. unspecified location 1851-05-04
5 † ♀ EM - Mary
dead: Born unknown Dead: , ? yrs Reason: :
1851-00-00
U.S.A. unspecified location 1851-05-04
6 † ♀ EM - Fanny
dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: :
1851-00-00
U.S.A. unspecified location 1851-05-04
7 † ♂ EM - Mogul
dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: :
1851-00-00
U.S.A. unspecified location 1851-05-04
8 † ♂ EM - Mickey
dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: :
1851-00-00
U.S.A. unspecified location 1851-05-04
9 † ♂ EM - Canada
dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown:
1851-00-00
Seth B. Howes 1851-05-04
10 † ♀ EM - Mali
dead: Born wild 1980 Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown:
Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo)
11 ♂ EM - Kataragama Vasana
FC: Born wild 1970
1971-00-00
Kataragama Kiri Vehera Dewalaya
12 † ♂ EM - Raja
dead: Born wild Dead: 2013-01-12, ? yrs Reason: age: foot abcess
1994-00-00
Pinnawala elephant orphanage
13 † ♂ EM - Bandula
dead: Born wild 1949 Dead: 2022-09-23, 73 yrs Reason: unknown:
1949-00-00
Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo)

Source for the list of elephants relocated, previously living at Anuradhapura forest

Reference list

Facts about previously kept elephants, relocated from Anuradhapura forest in Sri Lanka, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2024), available online retrieved 19 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1469 (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this list:

Latest updateName of elephantSource (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2020-10-24 Old Josh:• Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2018-09-12 Kataragama Vasana:• Salinda Sampath
•  https://www.dailynews.lk/2019/07/13/local/191024/katharagama-%E2%80%98wasana%E2%80%99-feted
2013-01-13 Raja:• http://www.lankapuvath.lk/index.php/latest-news/general2/28030-blind-pinnawala-raja-dies
2012-09-30 Jenny:• P. T. Barnum’s Great Travelling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Hippodrome compiled by Richard A. Arnold, https://classic.circushistory.org/History/PTB1872.htm
•  The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, Bandwagon
•  Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-09-30 Mary:• The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, Bandwagon
•  Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-09-30 Pizarro II:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  Ryan Easley, USA
•  The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, Bandwagon
•  Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-09-30 Tom Thumb:• The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, Bandwagon
•  Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-09-30 Fanny:• The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, Bandwagon
•  Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-09-30 Mickey:• The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, Bandwagon
•  Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-09-30 Mogul:• The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, Bandwagon
•  Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-01-31 Bandula:• https://www.newswire.lk/2022/09/23/iconic-elephant-bandula-dies-at-dehiwala-zoo/?fbclid=IwAR07jexUqzNpF0SDP0MGYiyDbpihfd_3Wz-rFAgmcQgQuYUkbgwCg6S6dOM
2012-01-11 Canada:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2010-09-07 Mali:• Wayne Jackson, Canada


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