Shanthi an Asian elephant at Smithsonian National Zoological Park
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![]() Shanthi & Kandula. National Zoo 06/2009. Photo: © Ryan Easley | ||||
Species: | Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) | |||
Sex and age: | Female ♀ 44 years old | |||
Id number | SSP Number: (165) | |||
Origin | ||||
Born: | * 1976 wild | |||
Birth place: | ||||
Capture: | 1976 | |||
Imported: | 1976 | |||
Death | ||||
Dead date: | † 2020-06-26 | |||
Death reason: | euthanised: advanced osteoarthritis | |||
Offspring | ||||
Total: 2 babies | ||||
1. Born 1993-12-14 (dead † 1995-04-26) | ♀ Kumari SSP id: 350 | |||
2. Born 2001-11-25 | ♂ Kandula SSP id: 538 | |||
Locations | ||||
Present / last location: | Smithsonian National Zoological Park, in United States | |||
Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!) | ||||
1992-11-12 | Smithsonian National Zoological Park from Syracuse Zoo (Rosamond Gifford Zoo) Syracuse Zoo (Rosamond Gifford Zoo) 1991-03-15 from Smithsonian National Zoological Park Smithsonian National Zoological Park 1976-12-29 from Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo) Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo) 1976-12-00 from Pinnawala elephant orphanage | |||
Document updated | 2009-02-10: Previous locations, Birth, Text 2010-01-28: Image, Text 2013-08-07: PC 2020-06-28: death report | |||
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This document was updated: 2020-10-19 03:33:00