Punjab an Asian elephant at Copenhagen Zoo

☨ ♂ Punjab
Elephant Ida and new born Punjab. Photo © Nai Somchai Madee, Ban Ta Klang,Surin.
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 2 years old
Id number
Origin
Born:	* 2001-12-02 captive-born
Birth place:	in Copenhagen Zoo

Parents:	♂ Chieng Mai x ♀ Ida
Death
Dead date:	† 2003-10-06
Death reason:	disease: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus
Locations
Present / last location:	Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

2001-12-02	Copenhagen Zoo

Document updated	2009-03-07: death reason 2011-11-30: picture 2011-11-30: pictures of birth 2020-05-05: death reason: Herpes
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Description

† Punjab is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant, (Elephas maximus), who died at Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark, of disease in 2003-10-06. Official death reason described as Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus. (see detailed list).

Origin

Punjab was born captive-born 2001-12-02 at Copenhagen Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Punjab are: ♂ Chieng Mai (father) and ♀ Ida (mother).

Siblings through the father Chieng Mai:

1970-09-18(F) Irma
1975-12-15(F) Schottzie
1980-03-31 -- † 1984-09-08 (F) Maia
1981-11-10 -- † 2020-07-24 (M) Chang
1983-03-18 -- † 1990-09-07 (M) Haakon
1986-01-22 -- † 2003-09-21 (F) Coco
1991-10-28 -- † 1991-10-28 (F) noname
1996-03-15 -- † 2006-02-09 (M) Santosh
1997-02-17 -- † 1997-06-19 (M) Hannibal
2006-03-20(M) Gandhi
2013-02-25 -- † 2014-11-24 (M) Khao Sok
2013-08-26 -- † 2013-08-26 (F) stillborn
2015-09-04 -- † 2015-09-04 (M) stillborn
2017-05-17(M) Sak

Siblings through the mother Ida:

1981-11-10 - † 2020-07-24 (M) Chang
1991-10-28 - † 1991-10-28 (F) noname
1996-03-15 - † 2006-02-09 (M) Santosh
2006-03-20(M) Gandhi

Pedigree

**Punjabs pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Punjab	Sire: Chieng Mai	Sire:	Sire:
		Sire:	Dame:
		Dame:	Sire:
		Dame:	Dame:
	Dame: Ida	Sire:	Sire:
		Sire:	Dame:
		Dame:	Sire:
		Dame:	Dame:

Comments / pictures

At his death, he was originally suspected to have died from Salmonella but was later diagnosed as an EEHV-HD case.

Pictures from his birth, with Ida and elephant keeper Claus Pedersen. (Photo © Nai Somchai Madee, Ban Ta Klang,Surin.)

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Punjab, an Asian at Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=142. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Documentation 2002 - Elephants in European Zoos and Safari Parks published by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger

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Categories2003 deaths | 2001 births | Elephants from Copenhagen Zoo | Denmark | Asian elephants

This document was updated: 2020-10-18 06:25:24