Esala
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Polwatte temple in Sri Lanka

Biography

Esala is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Polwatte temple, in Sri Lanka.

Esala arrived in 2002-07-11 to the Polwatte temple, relocated from the Pinnawala elephant orphanage, in Sri Lanka.

In Polwatte temple, Esala lives as single living elephant at this location

Esala was born captive-born as birth number 6 1993-07-01 at Pinnawala elephant orphanage.

Siblings through the father Vijaya:

1. 1984-07-05(F) Sukumali
2. 1987-12-18(F) Sama I
3. 1989-08-16(M) Rangiri
4. 1994-04-16(F) Amali

Siblings through the mother Kumari:

1. 1984-07-05(F) Sukumali
2. 1989-07-11 - † 1991-05-18 (M) Vikum
3. 2005 - † 2018-08-05 (M) Gajaba

Pedigree

2012: Present as nr 2. at 33rd Annual Nawam Maha Perahera at Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage.
  
• Geburt und Jugendendwicklung von Asiatischen Elefanten -Beoabachtungen aus der Pinnawela Elephant Sanctuary von Sri Lanka, Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoos, nr 2 1999, by Fred Kurt, Birgit Dastig, Sandra Petzhold, Julia Rastelli, Judith Schmelz, Verena Tragau
  

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Relevant links

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• More elephants from: Polwatte temple
• More elephants from: Sri Lanka
• More elephants that was born: 1993-07-01
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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