Ramos an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at Africam Safari (Puebla Zoo)
Ramos. Toluca Zoo 02/2007. Won-Tolla | ||
| Ramos | ||
|---|---|---|
| ID nr: | SSP Number: 652 - | |
| Species: | Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) | |
| Sex and age: | Male ♂ 46 years old | |
| Management: | Protected contact | |
| Location: | Africam Safari (Puebla Zoo) | |
| Arrival | Africam Safari (Puebla Zoo) 2007-10-10 from Toluca Zoo (Zoologico de Zacango) Toluca Zoo (Zoologico de Zacango) from Circo Francisco Atayde Garcia | |
| Born: | * 1974 wild Thailand | |
| Offspring, year of birth, year of death: |
Total: 1 babies | |
| Document updated | 2009-03-22: Previous locations, Birth, Name, Text RE 2009-03-29: Previous locations, Birth, Text RE 2009-03-31: Current location, Text RE 2010-12-05: SSP RE 2012-06-07: Link RE 2018-03-16: picture of Ramos | |
Ramos was imported from Thailand with other elephants that went to Circo Franco Berosini. He sired his only calf while with the circus. He was later sold to the zoo when he was no longer manageable (he did not kill anyone, but was only dangerous.) The Toluca Zoo had three males and a female, in which all the males are kept separate from one another. In 2007, Ramos was transferred on a minimum four year breeding loan to Africam Safari, where breeding would be attempted with two younger females as part of the second "Programa de Intercambio Reproductivo de Elefante Asiático."There were two enclosures for Asian elephants. In one was a pair, Ted, a tusked bull about 50 years old, and Bee, a female of about 60; in the other was a lone tuskless bull, Ramos, about 50 years old. All three were donations from a Mexican circus, and had narrowly escaped being destroyed because they killed their trainer and another person. (I am not sure that the ages given above are correct, but that is what I was told.) International Zoo News Vol. 47/1 (No. 298) January/February 2000 Reference listKoehl, D., (2020). Ramos, an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at Africam Safari (Puebla Zoo) in Mexico. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 October 2020 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1779. (archived at the Wayback machine)Sources used for this article is among others:
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