Lakshmi
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Vizag Zoo (Indira Gandhi Zoological Park) in India

Biography
♀ Lakshmi

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 27 years old
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 1997-11-09 captive-born
Birth place: in Aurangabad Siddharth Garden and Zoo

Parents: Shankar x ♀ Saraswati
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Vizag Zoo (Indira Gandhi Zoological Park), in India

Date of arrival

2017-12-10Vizag Zoo (Indira Gandhi Zoological Park)
from Aurangabad Siddharth Garden and Zoo

Record history
History of updates2023-09-29

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography


Lakshmi is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Vizag Zoo (Indira Gandhi Zoological Park), in India.

Lakshmi arrived in 2017-12-10 to the Vizag Zoo (Indira Gandhi Zoological Park), relocated from the Aurangabad Siddharth Garden and Zoo, in India.


Social

Lakshmi lives together with 3 other elephants at the Vizag Zoo (Indira Gandhi Zoological Park):

detailed list with arrival dates etc. of the other elephants
  1. Krishna
  2. Raja
  3. Saraswati


Origin

Lakshmi was born captive-born 1997-11-09 at Aurangabad Siddharth Garden and Zoo.

Parentage


Parents of Lakshmi are: ♂ Shankar (father) and ♀ Saraswati (mother).

Pedigree


Lakshmis ancestral Pedigree:
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1997-11-09: The local zoo had witnessed the arrival of a male elephant Shankar and female elephant Swaraswati from Mysore on August 1, 1996. The couple gave birth to a baby elephant named Laxmi on November 9, 1997. While the male elephant died on August 9, 2000, two female elephants continue to await freedom in the wake of CZAI framing new rules.

2017-12-10:52-year-old elephant Saraswati and her female calf Laxmi were shifted to Visakhapatnam zoo in Andhra Pradesh en route to Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary, on Sunday.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Lakshmi, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Vizag Zoo (Indira Gandhi Zoological Park) in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=7491. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories1997 births | With Pedigree | Elephants from Vizag Zoo (Indira Gandhi Zoological Park) | India | Asian elephants


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