Sundar an Asian elephant at Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo

Location

Sundar is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), located at Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo, in India.

Sundar arrived Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo 2014-06-05, relocated from Jyotiba temple, in India.

In Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo, Sundar lives together with 22 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

1. ♀ Baby born 1953
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2. ♀ Barkha born 1958
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3. ♂ Gajendra born 2009-08-03
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4. ♀ Gayathri born 1961
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5. ♀ Lilly born 1967
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6. ♀ Maya
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7. ♀ Munniya born 1973
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8. ♀ Nisarga born 2003-11-22
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9. ♀ Rupa born 2008
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10. ♂ Samapath born 2014-02-00
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11. ♀ Sudha born 2020-08-17
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12. ♀ Suvarna born 1990
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13. ♀ Tulsi born 2021-01-30
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14. ⚪ Unknown born 2015-06-20
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15. ♀ unknown born 2016
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16. ♂ unknown born 2017-09-22
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17. ♂ unknown born 2020-08-01
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18. ⚪ Unnamed born 2011-02-22
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19. ♂ Vanaraja (Vanaraj) born 1968
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20. ♀ Vanashree born 2007-01-29
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21. ♀ Vanitha (Vanita) born 1984-00-00
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22. ♀ Veda born 1999-02-02
, (see detailed list).

Origin

Sundar was born wild 1999?.

2014-01-28: An affidavit filed by Rajaram Mane, president of the temple trust, denied that Sunder was chained at the temple and the mahout used a spiked chain and oral administration of tobacco to control him.
"It is incorrect to state that Sunder was denied adequate food, sufficient water and daily walks. The elephant was never controlled by beating or prodded and gouged in sensitive areas behind knees and ears with ankush," the affidavit said.
The management committee of the temple, by a resolution passed on December 26, 2013, gifted Sunder to Warna Sahakari Dudh Utpadan Society. Accordingly, it has been shifted to the company premises where it walks in open air, said the affidavit.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/elephant-sunder-was-not-tortured-temple-trust-tells-hc-114012801257_1.html

2017-07-27: 27-year-old Abhilash was killed by elephant Sundar after he entered the park illegally, after consuming alcohol, and tried to click a selfie with the Sundar.

Sources used for this article is among others:

• http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/elephant-sunder-was-not-tortured-temple-trust-tells-hc-114012801257_1.html

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• List of elephant mankillers
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