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

† 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

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

Origin

Ida was born wild 1970 at Asia unspecified location, captured 1970 .

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.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Elefanter i Köpenhavns Zoologisk Haave siden 1878, by Henning, Copenhagen, Denmark
  
• Peter Stolk, Netherlands
  

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
• More elephants from: Copenhagen Zoo
• More elephants from: Denmark
• More elephants that was born: 1970
• More elephants that was captured: 1970
• More elephants that died: 2011-03-10
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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