Ida an Asian elephant at Copenhagen Zoo

☨ ♀ Ida
Photo: © Jens Madsen, Copenhagen
Alternative name:	Danida, Rani

Identification

EEP nr	7110

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 41 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1970 wild
Birth place:
Capture:	1970
Death
Dead date:	† 2011-03-10
Death reason:	: Gaut
Offspring
Total: 5 babies

1. Born 1981-11-10 (dead † 2020-07-24)	♂ Chang EEP id: 8112

2. Born 1991-10-28 (dead † 1991-10-28)	♀ noname EEP id: 9101

3. Born 1996-03-15 (dead † 2006-02-09)	♂ Santosh EEP id: 9601

4. Born 2001-12-02 (dead † 2003-10-06)	♂ Punjab

5. Born 2006-03-20	♂ Gandhi EEP id: 200605
Locations
Present / last location:	Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

1971-07-03	Copenhagen Zoo from Mysore Zoo Mysore Zoo from Karnataka unspecified location

Document updated	2009-09-09: Text 2010-05-22: text 2011-04-16: dead
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Description

† Ida is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant, (Elephas maximus), who died at Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark, of in 2011-03-10. Official death reason described as Gaut. (see detailed list).

Offspring

(M) 1981-11-10 -- † 2020-07-24 Chang EEP id: 8112
(F) 1991-10-28 -- † 1991-10-28 noname EEP id: 9101
(M) 1996-03-15 -- † 2006-02-09 Santosh EEP id: 9601
(M) 2001-12-02 -- † 2003-10-06 Punjab
(M) 2006-03-20 Gandhi EEP id: 200605

Origin

Ida was born wild 1970, captured 1970 .

Comments / pictures

Contradictory records:
Some sources state 1971-06-14 as arrival date.

Orphaned in January 1970 during a keddha. She fell in an trap when she was a calf, so her legs are deformed.

Gift to danish culture ministry from India because of Danidas support to India.

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Ida, an Asian elephant at Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 14 April 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=714. (archived at the Wayback machine)