Haji an Asian elephant at Dickerson Park Zoo

☨ ♂ Haji
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 3 years old
Id number	SSP Number: (520)
Origin
Born:	* 1999-11-28 captive-born
Birth place:	in Dickerson Park Zoo
Birth weight	172.00 kgs, 378.40 lbs

Parents:	♂ Onyx (Big Mac) x ♀ Moola
Death
Dead date:	† 2002-06-07
Death reason:	disease: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1B)
Locations
Present / last location:	Dickerson Park Zoo, in United States

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

1999-11-28	Dickerson Park Zoo

Document updated	2008-12-25: SSP 2009-01-29: birth through AI 2009-01-29: arrival (at birth) 2010-04-29: book 2018-12-07: herpes species EEHV1B
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Description

† Haji is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant, (Elephas maximus), who died at Dickerson Park Zoo, in United States, of disease in 2002-06-07. Official death reason described as Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1B). (see detailed list).

Origin

Haji was born captive-born 1999-11-28 at Dickerson Park Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Haji are: ♂ Onyx (Big Mac) (father) and ♀ Moola (mother).

Siblings through the father Onyx (Big Mac):

1985-06-12 -- † 1985-06-12 (F) noname
1990-10-11(F) Shanti
1991-07-26 -- † 1993-02-28 (F) Maiya (Kate)
1992-09-07 -- † 1992-09-07 (M) stillborn
1992-12-27(M) Raja
1995-02-02(F) Asha
1996-07-02(F) Chandra
1997-09-06 -- † 1997-09-06 (M) stillborn
1998-05-17 -- † 2000-11-29 (M) Kala
2000-04-12 -- † 2000-04-12 (M) Pete
2000-11-03 -- † 2007-06-08 (F) Hansa

Siblings through the mother Moola:

1996-07-02(F) Chandra
2006-07-18 - † 2007-12-01 (F) Nisha

Pedigree

**Hajis pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Haji	Sire: Onyx (Big Mac)	Sire:	Sire:
		Sire:	Dame:
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		Dame:	Dame:
	Dame: Moola	Sire:	Sire:
		Sire:	Dame:
		Dame:	Sire:
		Dame:	Dame:

Comments / pictures

Haji was the first elephant born through AI, with assistane from Dr. Dennis Schmitt, associate professor of veterinary medicine at Southwest Missouri State University.

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Haji, an Asian at Dickerson Park Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1002. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Ryan Easley, USA
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pharmacology_molecular_sciences/faculty/bios/haywardg.html'>Gary S. Hayward, Ph D. John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

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Categories2002 deaths | 1999 births | Elephants from Dickerson Park Zoo | United States | Asian elephants

This document was updated: 2020-10-18 06:25:24