Yu Yu Yin an Asian elephant at Planckendael Zoo

♀ 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 ♀ 42 years old
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 1979-02-15 unknown
Birth place:
Imported:	1989
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
Present / last location:	Planckendael Zoo, in Belgium

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

2012-06-18	Planckendael Zoo from Antwerp Zoo Antwerp Zoo 2006-05-02 from Port Lympne Zoo Port Lympne Zoo 1999-11-22 from Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp) Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp) 1995-11-09 from Rhenen Zoo Rhenen Zoo 1989-06-05 from Soest Zoo Soest Zoo 1989-06-01 from E.A.G. van den Brink E.A.G. van den Brink from Yangon Zoo (Rangoon Zoo)

Document updated	2009-01-11: Image 2012-06-19: transfer 2018-04-09: prev location
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Description

Location

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

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

In Planckendael Zoo, Yu Yu Yin lives together with 5 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

♀ 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

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 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 listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Yu Yu Yin, an Asian elephant at Planckendael Zoo in Belgium. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 11 May 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=685. (archived at the Wayback machine)