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Grand
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Tbilisi Zoo in Georgia

Biography
♂ Grand
Alternative name: Elbrus
Identification
EEP nr9503
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 30 years old
Management:Unknown
Origin
Born:* 1995-07-08 captive-born
Birth place: in Moscow Zoo
Parents: ♂ Pamir x ♀ Pipita (Pepita)
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Tbilisi Zoo, in Georgia
Date of arrival
2014-06-12Tbilisi Zoo
from Yerevan Zoo
1999-11-10Yerevan Zoo
from Moscow Zoo
Record history
History of updates2008-02-06
Latest document update2020-11-11 12:59:04

Biography

Grand is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Tbilisi Zoo, in Georgia.

Grand arrived in 2014-06-12 to the Tbilisi Zoo, relocated from the Yerevan Zoo , in Armenia.


Social

Grand lives together with 1 other elephants at the Tbilisi Zoo: (detailed list)

  1. ♀ Malka born 1997-08-15


Origin

Grand was born captive-born 1995-07-08 at Moscow Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Grand are: ♂ Pamir (father) and ♀ Pipita (Pepita) (mother).

Siblings through the father Pamir:

  1. 2009-04-22(F) Pobeda
  2. 2017-05-25(M) Filimon

Siblings through the mother Pipita (Pepita):

  1. 2009-04-22(F) Pobeda
  2. 2017-05-25(M) Filimon

Pedigree

Grands ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

Grand

Sire (f):
Pamir

Born: 1980

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Pipita (Pepita)

Born: 1981-00-00

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Comments / pictures

In 1999, the Moscow Zoo transferred Grand to Armenia as a gift to the Yerevan Zoo. In 2007, the Yerevan Zoo hosted a "wedding ceremony" for the arrival of Candy from Moscow's Animal Theatre. A new facility was built for the two elephants at this time as well. Attempts were made by the zoo for several years to bring a mate for the zoo's male elephant, but deaths of the intended transfers and animal rights protests prevented any transactions.

2014: arrived in Tbilisi from the Yerevan Zoo in 2014 with his Tusks already damaged. The first operation was performed in 2014. The veterinarians were only able to remove one tusk at the time due to complications which arose during the surgery. The operation took 11 hours, and the elephant was unable to get back on its Feet for a while after.
2018-10-31: Veterinarian surgeons from South Africa removed a tusk

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Grand, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Tbilisi Zoo in Georgia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=341. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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