Faraja
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
DSWT Umani Springs (Kibwezi Forest) in Kenya

Biography
♂ Faraja

Identification

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Description

Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 12 years old
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 2012-01-28 wild
Birth place: in Amboseli National Park

Parents: x ♀ Fenella
Locations - owners
Present / last location:DSWT Umani Springs (Kibwezi Forest), in Kenya

Date of arrival

2015-01-16DSWT Umani Springs (Kibwezi Forest)
from DSWT Nairobi nursery

2012-08-21DSWT Nairobi nursery
from Amboseli National Park

Record history
History of updates2021-08-22

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography


Faraja is a living Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) , located at the DSWT Umani Springs (Kibwezi Forest), in Kenya.

Faraja arrived in 2015-01-16 to the DSWT Umani Springs (Kibwezi Forest), relocated from the DSWT Nairobi nursery, in Kenya.


Social

Faraja lives together with 11 other elephants at the DSWT Umani Springs (Kibwezi Forest):

detailed list with arrival dates etc. of the other elephants
  1. 1. ♂ Alamaya
  2. 2. ♀ Enkesha
  3. 3. ♂ Jasiri (albino) born 2011-12-10
  4. 4. ♀ Lima Lima born 2012
  5. 5. ♀ Murera born 2009-08-00
  6. 6. ♂ Mwashoti born 2012
  7. 7. ♂ Ngasha born 2012
  8. 8. ♀ Quanza born 2009
  9. 9. ♀ Sonje born 2011-04-20
  10. 10. ♀ Ziwa
  11. 11. ♀ Zongoloni born 2012?


Origin

Faraja was born wild 2012-01-28 at Amboseli National Park.

Parentage


Parents of Faraja are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Fenella (mother).

Pedigree


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Comments / pictures

2012-08-21: The Nairobi Nursery received a report of an orphaned elephant calf at 2.30pm on the afternoon of Wednesday 21st August from Cynthia Moss in Amboseli. Cynthia Moss has been studying and researching the elephant populations of Amboseli for many years now but recently had been carefully watching a herd, named FA by the Research team, with a young seven month old bull called Faraja who was born on the 28th January 2012, and whose mother recently vanished.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Faraja, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at DSWT Umani Springs (Kibwezi Forest) in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 9 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=13400. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories2012 births | With Pedigree | Elephants from DSWT Umani Springs (Kibwezi Forest) | Kenya | African savanna elephants


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