Ida
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark

Biography

☨ ♀ 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:	in Asia unspecified location
Capture:	1970
Death
Dead:	†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 - owners
Present / last location:	Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark

Date of arrival

1971-07-03	Copenhagen Zoo from Mysore Zoo

	Mysore Zoo from Karnataka unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2009-09-09: Text 2010-05-22: text 2011-04-16: dead

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Ida is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2011-03-10 at Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark, . Official death reason described as Gaut.

Offspring

Total: 5 babies

(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 at Asia unspecified location, 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.

Ida in Copenhagen Zoo

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Ida, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 February 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=714. (archived at the Wayback machine)