Yu Yu Yin
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Planckendael Zoo in Belgium

♀ Yu Yu Yin
Yu Yu Yin. Antwerp Zoo Summer 2008. Photo: © Tony Verhulst

Identification

EEP nr	7902

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 43 years old
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 1979-02-15 unknown
Birth place:
Imported:	1989 by E.A.G. van den Brink
Freight:	By boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam
Offspring
Total: 2 babies

1. Born 1998-03-01	♂ Maxim EEP id: 9802

2. Born 2005-05-28 (dead † 2005-05-28)	♂ stillborn EEP id: 200505
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Planckendael Zoo, in Belgium

Date of arrival

2012-06-18	Planckendael Zoo from Antwerp Zoo

2006-05-02	Antwerp Zoo from Port Lympne Zoo

1999-11-22	Port Lympne Zoo from Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp)

1995-11-09	Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp) from Rhenen Zoo

1989-06-05	Rhenen Zoo from Soest Zoo

1989-06-01	Soest Zoo 1989-06-01 from E.A.G. van den Brink

	E.A.G. van den Brink from Yangon Zoo (Rangoon Zoo)

Record history
History of updates	2009-01-11: Image 2012-06-19: transfer 2018-04-09: prev location 2021-09-15: Importer van den Brink

Latest document update	2021-09-15 21:42:10
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Biography

Location

Yu Yu Yin is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Planckendael Zoo, in Belgium.

Yu Yu Yin arrived in 2012-06-18 to the Planckendael Zoo, relocated from the Antwerp Zoo, in Belgium.

Yu Yu Yin lives together with 5 other elephants at the Planckendael Zoo:

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Yu Yu Yin was born unknown 1979-02-15. and imported 1989 by E.A.G. van den Brink, By boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam

Comments / pictures

5 females to Zoo Rhenen, Holland. They were inspected by Mr Peter up country and at Rangoon Zoo.
van den Brink, 2014

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Yu Yu Yin, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Planckendael Zoo in Belgium. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 7 July 2022 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=685. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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