Kanto (Konto)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Seoul Grand Park Zoo in South Korea

Biography

☨ ♂ Kanto (Konto)
Konto and John M. Regan, USA

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 37 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1981 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2018-06-04
Death reason:	unknown:
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1986	♂ Samduri
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Seoul Grand Park Zoo, in South Korea

Date of arrival

1985-00-00	Seoul Grand Park Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2010-07-07: alt name 2018-04-09: records 2018-06-05: death report

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Kanto (Konto) is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2018-06-04 at Seoul Grand Park Zoo, in South Korea, .

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

(M) 1986 Samduri

Origin

Kanto (Konto) was born wild 1981.

Comments / pictures

Contradictory records:

Some records state Kanto was born in 1978

while records from asianelephant.net stat he was born in 1981, and arriving in 1985, similar to the female Kima.

If this is the case, he cannot be the father to Samdura, born 1986?

2018-06-05: According to zoo officials Monday, the Asian elephant named Kanto died about 4 p.m. on Saturday. They said Kanto developed an abscess on the sole of the right foot in April 2015. It is a common disorder for elephants.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kanto (Konto), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Seoul Grand Park Zoo in South Korea. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2132. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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