Bua
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kolmarden Zoo in Sweden

♀ Bua
Bua on walk outside the enclosure in 2009, with keeper Dan Koehl.

Identification

EEP nr	9711

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 25 years old
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 (dead † 2021-12-07)	♂ Prince EEP id: 202005
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Kolmarden Zoo, in Sweden

Date of arrival

2004-04-07	Kolmarden Zoo from Norrköping industrial hall temporary quarantine

2004-00-00	Norrköping industrial hall temporary quarantine from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

2004-00-00	King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden from Pala-U forest elephant camp

2004-00-00	Pala-U forest elephant camp from King Rama IX Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand

	King Rama IX Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand from Somroj Khukitikasem

	Somroj Khukitikasem from Thailand unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	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

Latest document update	2020-10-19 04:19:41
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Biography

Location

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

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

Bua lives together with 2 other elephants at the Kolmarden Zoo:

♀ Sao Noi (Saonoi) born 1996
♂ Tonsak born 1998

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Offspring

(M) 2013-07-27 Namsai EEP id: 201308
() 2017-10-03 noname EEP id: 201721?
(M) 2020-03-17 -- † 2021-12-07 Prince EEP id: 202005

Origin

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

Comments / pictures

Bua in Kolmarden Zoo
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 list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Bua, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kolmarden Zoo in Sweden. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 November 2022 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

Relevant 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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