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Mundi
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Elephant Refuge North America (ERNA) in United States

♀ Mundi

Identification

SSP nr	539

Description

Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 41 years old
Management:	Unknown
Origin
Born:	* 1982 wild
Birth place:	in Hwange National Park (Wankie game reserve)
Capture:	1984
Imported:	1984 by Jumbolair (Arthur Jones)
Freight:	Air, private Boeing 707
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Elephant Refuge North America (ERNA), in United States

Date of arrival

2023-05-12	Elephant Refuge North America (ERNA) from Mayaguez Zoo (Juan A. Rivero Zoo)

1988-04-05	Mayaguez Zoo (Juan A. Rivero Zoo) from Jumbolair (Arthur Jones)

Record history
History of updates	2009-01-28: Management 2010-05-22: ASMP Nr, prev. location 2018-06-20: link to EleWiki submitted 2023-05-21: link to http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=7902

Latest document update	2023-05-21 11:44:22
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Biography

Location

Mundi is a living Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) , located at the Elephant Refuge North America (ERNA), in United States.

Mundi arrived in 2023-05-12 to the Elephant Refuge North America (ERNA), relocated from the Mayaguez Zoo (Juan A. Rivero Zoo), in Puerto Rico.

Mundi lives together with 2 other elephants at the Elephant Refuge North America (ERNA):

♂ Bo born 1987-01-22
♀ Tarra (Fluffie) born 1974

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Origin

Mundi was born wild 1982 at Hwange National Park (Wankie game reserve), captured 1984 . and imported 1984 by Jumbolair (Arthur Jones), Air, private Boeing 707

Comments / pictures

2023: Mundi, a 41-year-old female African elephant, is 8′ tall and weighs 8,000 pounds. She was born in 1982 in Zimbabwe and was one of the 68 young elephants brought to the United States in a rescue mission.

She was then sold to the island zoo in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, where she lived in isolation for 35 years in a 1/4 exhibit yard and was chained nightly, according to Elephant Aid International.

After many efforts of trying to rescue Muhdi, she is now expected to arrive at the Elephant Refuge North America in May. 4, where she will live with two other rescued elephants named Bo, a 34-year-old male, and Tarra, a 49-year-old female.

Mundi on elephant-news.com

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	Iconic elephant says goodbye to infamous puerto rican zoo - Elephant News

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Mundi, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Elephant Refuge North America (ERNA) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 8 June 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1192. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Iconic elephant says goodbye to infamous puerto rican zoo - Elephant News

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