Douanita an Asian elephant at Osnabruck Zoo

♀ Douanita
Alternative name:	Donna

Identification

EEP nr	8805

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 34 years old
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 1987 wild
Birth place:
Offspring
Total: 6 babies

1. Born 2000-01-26 (dead † 2000-01-26)	♂ noname EEP id: 20001

2. Born 2003-05-13	♀ Trong Nhi EEP id: 200303

3. Born 2009-02-10 (dead † 2013-12-17)	♀ Tonya EEP id: 200900

4. Born 2013-02-11	♀ Sita EEP id: 201302

5. Born 2017-07-04	♂ Minh-Tan EEP id: 201716?

6. Born 2020-12-21	♂ Yaro EEP id: 00
Locations
Present / last location:	Osnabruck Zoo, in Germany

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

2017-03-08	Osnabruck Zoo from Prague Zoo (Zoo Praha) Prague Zoo (Zoo Praha) 2012-05-08 from Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp) Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp) 1988-07-10 from Saigon Zoo (Ho Chi Minh Zoo)

Document updated	2009-02-10: pregnancy over, baby born 2012-01-22: nick name 2012-05-20: Text, Pregnant RE 2013-03-11: pc 2013-05-31: not pregnant 2017-03-09: transfer, link to EleWiki submitted 2020-08-07: pregnant 2020-12-23: Updated as not pregnant
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Description

Location

Douanita is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), located at Osnabruck Zoo, in Germany.

Douanita arrived Osnabruck Zoo 2017-03-08, relocated from Prague Zoo (Zoo Praha), in Czech Republic.

In Osnabruck Zoo, Douanita lives together with 4 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

♂ Luka born 1973-04-13
♂ Minh-Tan born 2017-07-04
♀ Sita born 2013-02-11
♂ Yaro born 2020-12-21

detailed list

Offspring

(M) 2000-01-26 -- † 2000-01-26 noname EEP id: 20001
(F) 2003-05-13 Trong Nhi EEP id: 200303
(F) 2009-02-10 -- † 2013-12-17 Tonya EEP id: 200900
(F) 2013-02-11 Sita EEP id: 201302
(M) 2017-07-04 Minh-Tan EEP id: 201716?
(M) 2020-12-21 Yaro EEP id: 00

Origin

Douanita was born wild 1987.

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Contradictory records:
EEG state birth year 1986, and arrival in Rotterdam 1988-07-26.

Douanita was imported for Usti nad Labem Zoo in Czech Republic, but was confiscated in the Rotterdam harbour on her way to Usti, coming from Vietnam. (probably via Saigon Zoo)

She was in a very poor condition, only being fed with sugerbeets, and was sent to Blijdorp to recover, but never left. Usti agreed to let her stay and breed.

Pregnant Douanita and her youngest daughter Tanya were transferred together from the Netherlands to the Czech Republic in May 2012 due to compatibility issues between Douanita and other Rotterdam females. She gave birth to female baby Sita 2013-02-11.

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Douanita, an Asian elephant at Osnabruck Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 April 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=735. (archived at the Wayback machine)