| Collection | Kept totally 19, 11 present (3,6,2), 3 births, 6 relocated, 2 deaths | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Vandalur, 600048, Chennai, India | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | zoo, founded 1979, first elephant arrived 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website: | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arignar_Anna_Zoological_Park | ||||||||||||||||||||
Founded in 1855, the old Madras Zoo, was situated in People´s Park near Park Town. By 1975, the zoo had expanded and had to be moved out of the city. In 1979, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department set aside 1300 acres (5.2 km˛) on the outskirts of the city to build the current zoo, which is one of the largest in South Asia. More about Chennai | |||||||||||||||||||||
has 11 living Asian elephants (3,6). |
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| Name - stud nr. Species - Sex |
Status | Origin - birth | Age | Parents | Arrival date From |
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| Vikram - EM - | FC | unknown 1999 | 14 | x | from unknown location |
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| Sagar - EM - | FC | unknown 2008 Unknown | 5 | x | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||
| Alamelu - EM - F | FC | wild Unknown | ? | x | from Top Slip (Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp) |
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| Sharon - EM - F | FC | wild 2009 Unknown India | 4 | x | 2009-04-00 Unknown | ||||||||||||||||
| unknown - EM - F | FC | wild India | ? | x | 2008-00-00 from Top Slip (Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp) |
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| unknown - EM - F | FC | wild 2010-12-21 Odanthurai Reserve | 3 | x | 2010-12-21 from Odanthurai Reserve |
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| Ashwini - EM - F | FC | wild 1984 | 29 | x | 2008-00-00 from Top Slip (Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp) |
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| unknown - EM - F | FC | wild 2011-09-00 Erode forest | 2 | x | 2011-12-02 from Erode forest |
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| Urigam - EM - M | FC | wild 2009 Unknown India | 4 | x | 2010-01-10 from Hosur forest division |
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| Narasimhan - EM - M | FC | wild 2009 Unknown India | 4 | x | 2010-01-00 from Coimbatore forest division |
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| Giri - EM - M | FC | wild 2010-03-00 Unknown | 3 | x | 2010-03-00 Unknown | ||||||||||||||||
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