Chinna an Asian elephant at Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)

Location

Chinna is a Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), living in Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) , in India.

Chinna arrived in Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) 2018-05-18, relocated from Konni Elephant Kraal Reserve, in India.

In Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) , Chinna lives together with 18 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

1. ♀ Aameena born 2020?
,
2. ♂ Agasthyan born 2010?
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3. ♀ Ammu born 2002
,
4. ♂ Arjun born 2016?
,
5. ♀ Jaysree born 1972
,
6. ♂ Kottoor Soman born 1942?
,
7. ♂ Manu born 2017?
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8. ♀ Maya born 2017?
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9. ♀ Minna born 2003
,
10. ♂ Moni born 1946?
,
11. ♀ Podichi born 2014?
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12. ♀ Poorna born 2016?
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13. ♂ Raja born 2013?
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14. ♂ Rajkumar born 1989
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15. ♀ Rana
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16. ♀ Sreekutty born 2019-08-00
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17. ♀ Sundari born 2009
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18. ♂ Unnikrishnan born 2009
, (see detailed list).

Origin

Chinna was born wild 2017? at unknown, captured 2018-05-17 , captured at Chinnakanal village, Kerala.

2018-05-17: A day after the wild elephant calf got separated from its herd at Chinnakkanal near Munnar, the mother elephant of the calf was found dead at Marappalam near Chinnakkanal on Thursday.

2018-05-18: On Friday evening, the calf was transferred to the Kottoor elephant camp near Thiruvananthapuram.

2018-05-25: Dr. C. S. Jayakumar, forest veterinary surgeon who is currently taking care of the baby elephant, said they had named him as ‘Chinna’ after Chinnakanal.

Sources used for this article is among others:

• https://www.inuth.com/beyond-the-headlines/animals/separated-from-mother-this-baby-elephant-from-kerala-may-land-in-captivity/
  
• http://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/offbeat/baby-wild-elephant-in-town-locals-rush-to-take-pics-chinnakanal-1.2817349
  
• https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/stranded-elephant-calfs-mother-found-dead/articleshow/64215485.cms
  
• https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/from-the-forests-to-munnar-town-to-kottoor-elephant-camp-the-journey-of-an-orphaned-baby-elephant/articleshow/64235787.cms
  
• https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/250518/idukki-people-for-animals-campaign-for-baby-jumbo.html
  
  
• Database for Captive Elephants in Kerala, made 2009 by Surendra Varma, E.K. Easwaran, T.S. Rajeev, Marshal.C.Radhakrishnan, S. R. Sujata and Nibha Namboodiri , India, available online at Database for Captive Elephants in Kerala Retrieved 2018-11-01.
• Districtwise details of Captive Elephants of Kerala by Kerala Forest Department, India

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)
• More elephants from: India
• More elephants that was born: 2017
• More elephants that was captured: 2018-05-17
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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