Bua an Asian elephant at Kolmarden Zoo

♀ Bua
Bua on walk outside the enclosure in 2009, with keeper Dan Koehl.
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 24 years old
Id number	EEP Number: 9711
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 1997 unknown
Birth place:	in Thailand unspecified location
Imported:	2004-04-08
Freight:	Air cargo
Offspring
Total: 3 babies

1. Born 2013-07-27	♂ Namsai EEP id: 201308

2. Born 2017-10-03	⚪ noname EEP id: 201721?

3. Born 2020-03-17	♂ Prince EEP id: 202005
Locations
Present / last location:	Kolmarden Zoo, in Sweden

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

2004-04-07	Kolmarden Zoo from Norrköping industrial hall temporary quarantine Norrköping industrial hall temporary quarantine 2004-00-00 from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden 2004-00-00 from Pala-U forest elephant camp Pala-U forest elephant camp 2004-00-00 from King Rama IX Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand King Rama IX Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand from Somroj Khukitikasem Somroj Khukitikasem from Thailand unspecified location

Document updated	2011-11-26: inseminated 2012-03-20: pregnant, picture 2013-11-03: not pregnant 2016-10-14: pregnant again 2017-10-00: not pregnant, PC
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Description

Location

Bua is a Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), living in Kolmarden Zoo, in Sweden.

Bua arrived in Kolmarden Zoo 2004-04-07, relocated from Norrköping industrial hall temporary quarantine, in Sweden.

In Kolmarden Zoo, Bua lives together with 4 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

♂ Namsai born 2013-07-27
♂ Prince born 2020-03-17
♀ Sao Noi (Saonoi) born 1996
♂ Tonsak born 1998

detailed list

Offspring

(M) 2013-07-27 Namsai EEP id: 201308
() 2017-10-03 noname EEP id: 201721?
(M) 2020-03-17 Prince EEP id: 202005

Origin

Bua was born unknown 1997 at Thailand unspecified location. and imported 2004-04-08, Air cargo

Comments / pictures

Bua after arrival in Kolmarden. May 2004. Photo: Thomas Antmar

2012-03-17: Bua is pregnant.

2011-11-23: Bua was artificially inseminated with sperms from Raja in Woburn

2011-11-23: Bua was artificially inseminated with sperms from Raja in Woburn

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Bua, an Asian at Kolmarden Zoo in Sweden. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 27 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=144. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.tv4play.se/nyheter_och_debatt/nyheterna_norrkoping?title=nu_ska_bua_bli_med_barn&videoid=2101519
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Bua (Google Translated version)

Links

Internal relevant links

List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
More elephants from: Kolmarden Zoo
More elephants from: Sweden
More elephants that was born: 1997
More elephants that was imported: 2004-04-08
All breeding cows
All breeding bulls
The elephant database startpage. Statistics
List of all captive born elephants in the database

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

Bua at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid

Link to translated version with Google Translate

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This document was updated: 2020-10-19 04:19:41