Indika
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Uda Walawe Nationalpark in Sri Lanka

Indika lives together with 67 other elephants at the Uda Walawe Nationalpark:

1. 3. ♀ [208] (wild)
2. 4. ♀ [209] (wild) born <1990
3. 5. ♂ [209] Ghost (wild)
4. 6. ♀ 458 (wild)
5. 7. ♀ Anuradha
6. 8. ♀ Anusha
7. 9. ♂ Aravinda
8. 10. ⚪ Asha
9. 11. ♂ Baby Blue
10. 12. ♂ Channa
11. 13. ♀ Devika
12. 14. ♀ Emaline
13. 15. ♀ Ethimali born 2000?
14. 16. ♂ Gamini
15. 17. ♂ Hama
16. 18. ♀ Indivari
17. 19. ♂ Isuru
18. 20. ♀ Kanishka
19. 21. ♀ Komali
20. 22. ♀ Mahee (wild) born <1994
21. 23. ♀ Mahika
22. 24. ♀ Majetwin
23. 25. ♀ Malani
24. 26. ♀ Malathie
25. 27. ♀ Manel
26. 28. ♂ Marga
27. 29. ♀ Mathali born <2001
28. 30. ⚪ Minoli
29. 31. ♂ Mitsui
30. 32. ♀ Miyuri
31. 33. ♂ Nalaka born 2005
32. 34. ♂ Namal
33. 35. ♀ Naomi ([111])
34. 36. ♂ Navaloka
35. 37. ♀ Nita
36. 38. ♀ noname (wild, daughter to Indika) born 2013
37. 39. ♂ noname (wild, son to Indika) born 2008
38. 40. ♀ Odelle
39. 41. ♀ Panduka
40. 42. ♂ Passy
41. 43. ♀ Premani
42. 44. ♂ Raja (wild)
43. 45. ♀ Raka (wild)
44. 46. ♂ Rambo
45. 47. ♂ Rohana
46. 48. ♀ Rohini
47. 49. ♀ Safari
48. 50. ♀ Samari
49. 51. ♀ Sandamali
50. 52. ⚪ Senani
51. 53. ♂ St. Anthoniye
52. 54. ♂ Sumedha
53. 55. ♀ Thamali
54. 56. ⚪ Tharos
55. 57. ♂ Therapuththa born 2004
56. 58. ♀ Uma born 2009
57. 59. ⚪ unknown
58. 60. ⚪ unknown
59. 61. ⚪ unknown
60. 62. ⚪ unknown
61. 63. ⚪ unknown
62. 64. ⚪ unknown
63. 65. ⚪ unknown
64. 66. ⚪ unknown
65. 67. ⚪ unknown
66. 68. ⚪ unknown
67. 69. ♂ William

Indika was born wild <1995, captured 1995 , captured at Handapanagala (Southern Sri Lanka).

An elephant drive took place in Handapanagala (Southern Sri Lanka) in 1995 as a measure of mitigating human-elephant conflict in the area. Elephant life disturbed by the drive resulted in a few deaths of Adult animals. One female calf became orphaned following the death of her mother and was rescued by the Department of Wildlife Conservation. The Orphan was named Sandamali and she was among the first arrivals of the Elephant Transit Home (orphan elephant rehabilitation center) in Uda Walawe. She was rehabilitated and released to Uda Walawe national park with a few other orphans in 1998 and when she was about five years old, she was part of the first released batch of the Transit Home.

Not knowing this, we named her Indika when we first met her in 2005, which would have made her twelve years old. Interestingly, the first day we met her she was also in the company of [208]. She was seen roaming with her transit-home-mates like Kithmali, Mattali and Evelyn. By the time Indika (AKA Sandamali) gave birth to her first male calf in 2008 we knew of true background and observed with interest.



Sumedha shows all signs of Musth as he consorts with Indika (Sandamali) in 2011, which include secretions from the temporal glands on the sides of his head and urine dribbling.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• https://asianelephant.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/rehabilitated-elephants-can-be-good-moms/
  
  
  

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• More elephants from: Uda Walawe Nationalpark
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