Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo, located at Bannerghatta National Park, in Bangalore, India.
At Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo lives 22 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)
2009: 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. 2020-08-28: 25 elephants in the BBP.
