Tonya an Asian elephant at Prague Zoo (Zoo Praha)

† Tonya is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant, (Elephas maximus), who died at Prague Zoo (Zoo Praha), in Czech Republic, of from unknown reasons in 2013-12-17. (see detailed list).

Origin

Tonya was born captive-born 2009-02-10 at Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp).

Parentage

Parents of Tonya are: ♂ Alexander (father) and ♀ Douanita (mother).

Siblings through the father Alexander:

1. 1994-12-11(F) Piccolo (Piccolina)
2. 1999-01-11 -- † 1999-01-12 (M) Willi
3. 2000-11-28(F) Bangka
4. 2002-01-20 -- † 2002-12-20 (M) Senang
5. 2003-05-13(F) Trong Nhi
6. 2003-07-26(F) Anak
7. 2004-02-21(M) Sibu
8. 2005-08-02(F) Yindee
9. 2007-05-07(F) Asha
10. 2007-12-28 -- † 2007-12-28 (F) unborn
11. 2008-02-17(M) Billy (Budi)
12. 2009-05-17(F) Kai Mook (Kai-Mook)
13. 2009-11-10(F) Kina
14. 2012-11-01(M) Kyan
15. 2015-01-07 -- † 2015-01-07 () stillborn

Siblings through the mother Douanita:

1. 2000-01-26 - † 2000-01-26 (M) noname
2. 2003-05-13(F) Trong Nhi
3. 2013-02-11(F) Sita
4. 2017-07-04(M) Minh-Tan
5. 2020-12-21(M) Yaro

Pedigree

Named Tonya, after Ton Dorresteyn, who left as Director for Rotterdam Zoo in February 2009.

2012-05: Pregnant Douanita and her youngest daughter Tanya were transferred together from the Netherlands to the Czech Republic in May 2012 due to compatibility issues between Douanita and other Rotterdam females.

2013-12: Tonya died with EEHV specific symptoms. Tonya originates from the Rotterdam herd and already lost two brothers on EEHV (Willi and Senang); all offspring of Alexander.

2014-3-23: Tonya did not die from herpes virus. Virus was non-detectable by PCR. Pathologists are still researching her tissues.

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Rob Belterman, Netherlands
• Jaroslav Vanecek, Elephant Gossip

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Prague Zoo (Zoo Praha)
• More elephants from: Czech Republic
• More elephants that was born: 2009-02-10
• More elephants that died: 2013-12-17
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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