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Kottoor Kannan Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) in India Biography
Biography Kottoor Kannan is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) , in India .
Kottoor Kannan arrived in 2018-05-17 to the Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) , relocated from the Chinnakanal , in India .
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Kottoor Kannan lives together with 17 other elephants at the Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) :
detailed list with arrival dates etc. of the other elephants1. ♀ Aameena born 2020? 2. ♂ Agasthyan born 2010? 3. ♀ Ammu born 2002 4. ♀ Chinna born 2017? 5. ♀ Jaysree born 1972 6. ♂ Kottoor Soman 7. ♂ Manu born 2017? 8. ♀ Maya born 2017? 9. ♀ Minna born 2003 10. ♂ Moni 11. ♀ Podichi born 2014? 12. ♀ Poorna born 2016? 13. ♂ Raja born 2013? 14. ♂ Rajkumar born 1989 15. ♀ Rana 16. ♀ Sundari born 2009 17. ♂ Unnikrishnan born 2009 Origin
Kottoor Kannan was born wild 2018-02-00? at Kerala unspecified location , captured 2018-05-15 , captured at Chinnakanal, near Munnar.
Comments / pictures 2018-12-05: The elephant calf had strayed into the human inhabited area of Chinnakanal, near Munnar, after it presumably got separated from the Herd .
Local people noticed the calf moving around Chinnakanal town in heavy rain on May 15. They informed Forest Department officials, who took care of it for two days before moving it to the elephant camp at Kottoor in Thiruvananthapuram district. The calf was three months old. Now, at nine months, Kannan is as the youngest in the list of captive elephants in the State.
2021-07-08: confirmed signs of herpes virus infection
Reference list References Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kottoor Kannan, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) in India . Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 February 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10835 . (archived at the Wayback machine )Sources used for this article is among others:
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