Gandhi
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
La Palmyre Zoo in France

♂ Gandhi
Photo: ï¿½ Jens Madsen, Copenhagen

Identification

EEP nr	200605

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 15 years old
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 2006-03-20 captive-born
Birth place:	in Copenhagen Zoo
Birth weight	130.00 kgs, 286.00 lbs

Parents:	♂ Chieng Mai x ♀ Ida
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	La Palmyre Zoo, in France

Date of arrival

2018-11-08	La Palmyre Zoo from Heidelberg Zoo

2011-04-01	Heidelberg Zoo from Copenhagen Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2011-04-01:ï¿½transfer 2016-01-04:Â eep nr 2018-03-07: link to EleWiki submitted 2018-03-12: link to Elefanten-Fotolexikon (Petra Prager) submitted 2018-11-09: transferred La Palmyre Zoo

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography

Location

Gandhi is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at La Palmyre Zoo, in France.

Gandhi arrived La Palmyre Zoo 2018-11-08, relocated from Heidelberg Zoo, in Germany.

In La Palmyre Zoo, Gandhi lives together with 3 other elephants with records as alive in this database:

♀ Alix born 1983-01-05
♀ Malicia born 1984-01-13
♀ Ziha born 2006-01-27

See also a more detailed list with the elephants arrival dates etc.

Origin

Gandhi was born captive-born 2006-03-20 at Copenhagen Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Gandhi are: ♂ Chieng Mai (father) and ♀ Ida (mother).

Siblings through the father Chieng Mai:

1970-09-18(F) Irma
1975-12-15(F) Schottzie
1980-03-31 -- † 1984-09-08 (F) Maia
1981-11-10 -- † 2020-07-24 (M) Chang
1983-03-18 -- † 1990-09-07 (M) Haakon
1986-01-22 -- † 2003-09-21 (F) Coco
1991-10-28 -- † 1991-10-28 (F) noname
1996-03-15 -- † 2006-02-09 (M) Santosh
1997-02-17 -- † 1997-06-19 (M) Hannibal
2001-12-02 -- † 2003-10-06 (M) Punjab
2013-02-25 -- † 2014-11-24 (M) Khao Sok
2013-08-26 -- † 2013-08-26 (F) stillborn
2015-09-04 -- † 2015-09-04 (M) stillborn
2017-05-17(M) Sak

Siblings through the mother Ida:

1981-11-10 - † 2020-07-24 (M) Chang
1991-10-28 - † 1991-10-28 (F) noname
1996-03-15 - † 2006-02-09 (M) Santosh
2001-12-02 - † 2003-10-06 (M) Punjab

Pedigree

**Gandhis ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Gandhi	Sire (f): Chieng Mai Born: 1959 Dead:	Sire ff: Born: Dead:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born: Dead:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born: Dead:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born: Dead:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Ida Born: 1970 Dead:	Sire mf: Born: Dead:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born: Dead:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born: Dead:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born: Dead:	Dame mmm:

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Gandhi, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at La Palmyre Zoo in France. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 September 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=717. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Peter Stolk, Netherlands
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Gandhi_(Heidelberg) (Google Translated version)

Links

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

More elephants from: La Palmyre Zoo
More elephants from: France
More elephants that was born: 2006-03-20
All breeding cows
All breeding bulls
The elephant database startpage. Statistics
List of all captive born elephants in the database

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

Gandhi at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid

Link to translated version with Google Translate

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