Albert
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Albuquerque Biological Park in United States

Location

Albert is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Albuquerque Biological Park, in United States.

Albert arrived in 2003-11-19 to the Albuquerque Biological Park, relocated from the African Lion Safari (Ontario), in Canada.

1. ♀ Alice born 1974
2. ♀ Irene born 1967
3. ♀ Rozie (Rozana) born 1992-11-08

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

1. (F) 2009-09-02 -- † 2015-05-09 Daizy SSP id: 658

Origin

Albert was born captive-born 1998-11-29 at African Lion Safari (Ontario).

Parentage

Siblings through the father Calvin (Chanda):

1. 1998-05-04(M) Samson
2. 1998-07-30 -- † 1999-03-22 (F) Annie
3. 1998-08-21 -- † 2002-08-08 (M) Amos
4. 1999-10-21(M) George
5. 2001-04-29(M) Johnson
6. 2001-11-25(M) Kandula
7. 2003-02-02(F) Califa
8. 2003-03-20(F) Farina
9. 2005-10-28(M) Tarak
10. 2008-05-06(M) Shanti
11. 2011-03-11 -- † 2011-05-06 (M) Sethi
12. 2011-04-12(F) Rashmi
13. 2014-02-04 -- † 2016-01-23 (F) Sumitra (OST Nr.3)
14. 2017-07-08(M) Chandru

Siblings through the mother Lilly (Israela):

1. 1990 - † 1990 (F) miscarriage
2. 1994-12-11(F) Piccolo (Piccolina)
3. 2006-04-13 - † 2006-04-13 (M) Logan
4. 2014-10-19(F) Hannah
5. 2018-08-17(F) Luna
6. 2020-11-22(F) Imke

Pedigree

In November 2003, African Lion Safari sold two five year old male elephants, Albert and Samson, to the Rio Grande Zoo.

Daizy, making history in September 2009 as the first calf born at the Rio Grande Zoo, was the result of Artificial insemination with sperm from three donors. Albert and Samson from the Rio Grande Zoo in addition to Sneezy from the Tulsa Zoo. Following a DNA test from collected blood samples, Albert was determined to be the father.

2023-06-13: Testing positive for Tuberculosis. BioPark officials say they will begin treatment with antibiotics that will last between 12-18 months to try and cure the disease.

The veterinary staff first noticed abnormalities in Albert's bloodwork and determined further investigation was needed.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Ryan Easley, USA
• https://www.koat.com/article/abq-biopark-elephant-tests-positive-for-tuberculosis/44189304?fbclid=IwAR21uYwtoUd0CpL_dye1KokR-9knBYmsyCvJmIvBe7tae_BCxpQYY5rpZSg#
• Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Albert_(Albuquerque) (Google Translated version)

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Albuquerque Biological Park
• More elephants from: United States
• More elephants that was born: 1998-11-29
• 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)

• Albert 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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• circushistory.org
• Elephant_Commentator
• Elefanten-Fotolexikon.eu
• elefanten.wikia
• Google Internet search
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