Rama an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)
| ☨ Rama | ID Number: | SSP Number: 71 - | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Species: | Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sex and age: | Male ♂ 32 years old | |||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | sick | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dead date: | † 2015-03-30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Death reason: | euthanised: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Arrival | Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) 1988-09-21 from Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium 1984-08-02 from Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born: | * 1983-04-01 captive-born in Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parents: | Packy x Rosy | |||||||||||||||||||
| Siblings through the father Packy: |
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| Siblings through the mother Rosy: |
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| Document updated | 2009-01-23: Management 2013-06-02:tested positive for TB 2015-12-30:Â death | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 listKoehl, D., (2020). Rama, an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 1 October 2020 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=459. (archived at the Wayback machine)Sources used for this article is among others:
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