Rama
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) in United States

dead elephant ☨ ♂ Rama  dead elephant
Identification
SSP nr71
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 32 years old
Status:sick
Origin
Born:* 1983-04-01 captive-born
Birth place: in Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)
Parents: ♂ Packy x ♀ Rosy
Death
Dead: †2015-03-30
Death reason: euthanised:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo), in United States
Date of arrival
1988-09-21Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)
from Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
1984-08-02Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
from Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)
Record history
History of updates2009-01-23: Management
2013-06-02:tested positive for TB
2015-12-30: death
Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography

† Rama is a dead sick Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2015-03-30 at Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo), in United States, .

Origin

Rama was born captive-born 1983-04-01 at Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo).

Parentage

Parents of Rama are: ♂ Packy (father) and ♀ Rosy (mother).

Siblings through the father Packy:

  1. 1975-05-10 -- † 1975-12-02 (M) noname
  2. 1976-02-17 -- † 1976-03-05 (F) noname
  3. 1978-03-15 -- † 1978-04-29 (F) Sumek (Myow)
  4. 1978-05-19 -- † 2016-01-17 (M) Mr. Ed (Khun Chorn, Khun-Chorn, K-C)
  5. 1979-10-05 -- † 1993-02-01 (M) Thongtrii
  6. 1982-12-26(F) Sung-Surin (Shine)

Siblings through the mother Rosy:

  1. 1962-10-02 - † 1996-02-13 (F) Me-Tu
  2. 1965-12-03(F) Cora (Noel)
  3. 1970-04-26 - † 2004-07-21 (F) Tina
  4. 1973-10-31 - † 1986-10-26 (F) Emma (M&M)
  5. 1979-10-05 - † 1993-02-01 (M) Thongtrii

Pedigree

Ramas ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

Rama

Sire (f):
Packy

Born: 1962-04-14

Sire ff:
Thonglaw

Born: 1947-00-00
Sire fff:
Dame ffm:
Dame fm:
Belle

Born: 1952
Sire fmf:
Dame fmm:

Dame m:
Rosy

Born: 1951

Sire mf:


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Dame mfm:
Dame mm:


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2013-06-01: The male elephant tested positive for TB last week.
2015-03-30: On Monday, the Oregon Zoo euthanized a 31-year-old elephant named Rama. The zoo officials took this hard decision as Rama was in extreme pain due to an old leg injury.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Rama, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 27 May 2022 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=459. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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