The elephant Encyclopedia and Database


This database list 4 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ♀ EM Ashwini Local id: 2 DCEMTN id: 43 26Born: captive-born 1986-01-20 Dead:2012-11-22 (4 years after arrival), unknown 2008-00-00 Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai)
2+ ♀ EM Chellam 4Born: wild 2005 Dead:2009-11-20 (4 years after arrival), disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus? (EEHV1A)2005-09-13 Anthiyur forest
3+ ♀ EM Bhuvana 5Born: captive-born 1991-04-01
Nanjan x Alamelu
Dead:1996-09-00 (5 years after arrival), disease 		1991-04-01
4+ ♀ EM AlameluBorn: wild ~1956 Dead:1996, unknown Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai)

Source for the list of elephants at

Reference list

, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2024), available online retrieved 24 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=352Madras (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)
2018-12-07 Chellam:• http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=5623314
• Elephant dies in suspected attack of herpes virus at Vandalur zoo
•  Gary S. Hayward, Ph D. John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
2018-05-21 Alamelu:• H. Sundararaju, director Arignar Anna Zoological park, 1995
•  Krishnamurthy V (2002) The Management of Departmental Elephants in Tamil Nadu. Committee report. (online pdf document)
2018-05-19 Ashwini:• http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Vandalur-zoo-safari-special-elephant-falls-ill-dies-at-28/articleshow/17316547.cms
2008-10-22 Bhuvana:• H. Sundararaju, director Arignar Anna Zoological park, 1995
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