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Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo in India

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Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo
Typezoo
Size25,000 acre (101 km²)
Total nrs1400
Number of species94
Number of animals1400
Address Bannerghatta National Park
Place Bangalore
StateKarnataka
Country India
Website Website
FacebookFacebook
Twitterbannerghattazoo
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Owner
Unspecified persons
2017-2017: Abhilash (visitor)
Zoological department
Elephant department
Elephant keepers
-2024: Gopal
Record history
History of updates2026-03-31: baby elephant named
Latest document update2026-03-31 13:51:46
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Description

Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo, zoo located at Bannerghatta National Park, in Bangalore, Karnataka, India .

Living elephants

At the Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo lives 22 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)
  1. ♀ Baby
  2. ♀ Barkha
  3. ♂ Gajendra born 2009-08-03
  4. ♀ Gayathri born 1961
  5. ♀ Lilly born 1967
  6. ♀ Maya
  7. ♀ Munniya born 1973
  8. ♀ Rupa born 2008
  9. ⚪ Samiksha born 2026
  10. ♂ Sampath born 2014-02-00
  11. ♀ Sudha born 2020-08-17
  12. ♀ Suvarna born 1990
  13. ♂ unknown born 2024-01-30
  14. ♂ unknown born 2017-09-22
  15. ♀ unknown born 2016
  16. ♂ unknown born 2020-08-01
  17. ⚪ Unknown born 2015-06-20
  18. ⚪ Unnamed born 2011-02-22
  19. ♂ Vanaraja (Vanaraj) born 1968
  20. ♀ Vanashree born 2007-01-29
  21. ♀ Vanitha (Vanita) born 1984-00-00
  22. ♀ Veda born 1999-02-02

Casualties

2 casualties
  1. 2017-07-27: visitor Abhilash fatal attack by Sundar. 27-year-old Abhilash was killed by elephant Sundar after he entered the park illegally, after consuming alcohol, and tried to click a selfie with the Sundar. † Abhilash Died 2017-07-27
  2. 2024-10-23: mahout Gopal fatal attack by Sampath. Eye witnesses stated that Gopal was bathing his elephant Sampath (10) on the banks of the river and was seated on him. The elephant suddenly panicked, rose up and began to run into the water. Gopal, who was sitting on Sampath’s back when he got up, slipped into the water and was pushed further into the deep. † Gopal Died 2024-10

Comments / pictures2009: The BBP has 10 Elephants, 9 females (age range from 1 to 48 years) and one Adult male of 47 years. The Elephants are kept for display at the zoo, however allowed to range free in the nearest forest during night hours.

2015-07-01: A female calf was born in BBP 10 days ago to elephant Suvarna. With this, the number of female Elephants at BBP has increased to 12.

2017-07-27: 27-year-old Abhilash was killed by elephant Sundar after he entered the park illegally, after consuming Alcohol, and tried to click a selfie with the Sundar.

2020-02-10: A newborn elephant calf at Bengaluru Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBBP) has been named after Padma Shri recipient Tulsi Gowda, who has planted over one lakh trees.The female calf Tulsi, a new member to the BBP family, was born on January 30 to the 13-year-old elephant Vanashree. Both mother and calf are doing well.

2020-08-02: Twelve-year-old female elephant Rupa has given birth to the baby of a male elephant at Bannerghatta Biological Park in Karnataka on Saturday. The Executive Director of BBPP said that both mother and calf are healthy and are doing good work. The executive director said, "This was the second child given by Rupa, it gave birth to a female child at the age of 8 in 2016." With this calf, the current elephant population is 24 in BBP Park.

2021-04-01-2022-03-31: 25 Elephants present, 11 males and 14 females, according to Annual Inventory of Animals in Indian zoos.

2023-04-21: Performing a rare surgery, a team of veterinary surgeons saved a 48-year-old elephant at Bannerghatta Biological Park. which had suffered a stillbirt and was on the verge of dying. Suvarna has so far delivered nine calves — the highest number of elephant deliveries at the park.

2024-01-30: male baby elephant born, brings the number up to 26.

2026-03-24: a baby elephant was named after late veterinarian Samiksha Reddy.

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Koehl, Dan (2026). Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1250. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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