Chai an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at Oklahoma City Zoo
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| ☨ Chai | ||
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| ID nr: | SSP Number: 246 - | |
| Species: | Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) | |
| Sex and age: | Female ♀ 37 years old | |
| Dead date: | † 2016-01-30 | |
| Death reason: | unknown: | |
| Location: | Oklahoma City Zoo | |
| Arrival | Oklahoma City Zoo 2015-05-00 from Woodland Park Zoo Woodland Park Zoo 1999-09-13 from Dickerson Park Zoo Dickerson Park Zoo 1998-09-20 from Woodland Park Zoo Woodland Park Zoo 1980-03-30 from Dusit Zoo (Khao Din) | |
| Born: | * 1979 wild Thailand | |
| Capture: | 1979 , | |
| Offspring and year of birth: |
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| Document updated | 2009-07-11:�Birth date, Text 2009-11-19:�Previous locations, SSP 2016-02-02: transfer and death | |
| Chai was a gift to the citizens of Seattle in 1980 from Thai Airways International and the Dusit Zoo (Bangkok, Thailand) to celebrate the inaugual service of the airline to the United States. For six years, attempts were made to artificially inseminate Chai. She was unsuccessfully inseminated more than 50 times. As a result, she was transferred to the Dickerson Park Zoo for a year-long breeding loan. Lately, she has been artificially inseminated, twice. The first (2006) inseminated baby was aborted at an early stage. Chai was once more artificially inseminated in January 2008, but misscarried again in August 2008. 2016: Zookeepers discovered her in the elephant yard Saturday morning, January 30, 2016, at approximately 7:30 a.m. Reference listKoehl, D., (2020). Chai, an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at Oklahoma City Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 October 2020 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2180. (archived at the Wayback machine)Sources used for this article is among others:
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