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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 ♀ 44 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

1995-11-09	Rotterdam Zoo 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:

♀ Tun Kai born 2018-01-13
♀ Kai Mook (Kai-Mook) born 2009-05-17
♂ Kanvar born 2008-07-19
♀ May Tagu born 2005-04-11
♀ Suki born 2017-12-25

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Offspring

(M) 1998-03-01 Maxim EEP id: 9802
(M) 2005-05-28 -- † 2005-05-28 stillborn EEP id: 200505

Origin

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

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Yu Yu Yin, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Planckendael Zoo in Belgium. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 9 June 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=685. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Tony Verhulst, Antwerp Zoo
G van den Brink

Links

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Internal relevant links

List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
More elephants from: Planckendael Zoo
More elephants from: Belgium
More elephants that was born: 1979-02-15
More elephants that was imported: 1989
All breeding cows
All breeding bulls
The elephant database startpage. Statistics
List of all captive born elephants in the database

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