Kapila
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ragama temple (unknown name) in Sri Lanka

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Kapila  dead elephant

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 17 years old
Origin
Born:* 1992 unknown
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 2009-09-00
Death reason: disease: anorexia, malnutrition
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Ragama temple (unknown name), in Sri Lanka

Date of arrival

2003-00-00Ragama temple (unknown name)
from Pinnawala elephant orphanage

Record history
History of updates2009-09-20

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Kapila is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2009-09-00 at Ragama temple (unknown name), in Sri Lanka, . Official death reason described as anorexia, malnutrition.

Origin

Kapila was born unknown 1992.


Comments / pictures

2011: Pubudu Weeraratne: an elephant known as Kapila, died of starvation as he was not given sufficient food.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Kapila, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ragama temple (unknown name) in Sri Lanka. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4949. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories2009 deaths | 1992 births | Born in Sri Lanka | Elephants from Ragama temple (unknown name) | Sri Lanka | Asian elephants


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