Relocated elephants from Saigon Zoo (Ho Chi Minh Zoo) in Vietnam

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Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival Departure	Present location	Import
Saigon Zoo (Ho Chi Minh Zoo) had previously 15 elephants relocated to new location.
1	† ♀ EM - Sandai EEP id: 8807	dead: Born wild 1985 Dead: 2003-05-14, 18 yrs Reason: euthanised: Positive tuberculosis trunk-wash test, delivery problem	1988-00-00 1987-06-18	Kolmarden Zoo	1987
2	♀ EM - Delhi EEP id: 8709	FC: Born wild 1983	1987-06-17	Elephant Haven European Elephant Sanctuary (EHEES)	1987
3	† ♀ EM - Sita EEP id: 8613	dead: Born wild 1986 Dead: 1987-01-04, 1 yrs Reason: disease: exitus, bacterial infection, pathological changes on the heart, liver, belly hernia	1986-11-30	Usti nad Labem Zoo	1986
4	† ♀ EM - Kala EEP id: 8518	dead: Born wild 1985 Dead: 2019-02-04, 34 yrs Reason: euthanised: collapsed	1985-11-30	Usti nad Labem Zoo	1985
5	♀ EM - Trinh EEP id: 8608	FC: Born wild 1982	1986-05-24	Neunkirchen Zoo
6	♀ EM - unknown	unknown: Born unknown	1959-00-00	Pyongyang Korea Central Zoo
7	♂ EM - unknown	unknown: Born unknown	1959-00-00	Pyongyang Korea Central Zoo
8	† ♀ EM - Kosko	dead: Born wild 1956 Dead: 1994, 38 yrs Reason: anesthesia: died during operation: amputation of tail	1958-00-00	Tierpark Berlin
9	♂ EM - Mekong EEP id: 8405	PC: Born wild ~1982	1983-11-11 1984-05-09	Knies Kinderzoo
10	♀ EM - Douanita EEP id: 8805	PC: Born wild 1987	1988-07-10	Osnabruck Zoo
11	♀ EM - Hoa EEP id: 8708	PC: Born wild 1985	1983-00-00 1987-06-17	Neunkirchen Zoo
12	♀ EM - Don Chung EEP id: 8406	FC: Born wild 1982-11-00	1983-11-00 1984-05-09	Cottbus Zoo
13	♀ EM - Thai	FC: Born wild 1981		Hanoi Zoo
14	† ♀ EM - Dac Lac	dead: Born wild 1981 Dead: 1987-06-27, 6 yrs Reason: disease: intestinal parasites	1987-06-17	Leipzig Zoo
15	† ⚪ EM - unknown	dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: :	1965-00-00	Cebu Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Source for the list of elephants relocated, previously living at Saigon Zoo (Ho Chi Minh Zoo)

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Facts about previously kept elephants, relocated from Saigon Zoo (Ho Chi Minh Zoo) in Vietnam, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 24 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=327 (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Latest update	Name of elephant	Source (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2020-08-07	Douanita:	• Peter Stolk • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling • Gerald Postma, Netherlands • Jaroslav Vanecek, Elephant Gossip • http://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/osnabrueck_emsland/Willkommen-Douanita-und-Sita,elefanten238.html • https://www.zoo-osnabrueck.de/aktuelles/news/artikel/news-title/doppelter-nachwuchs-bei-elefanten-erwartet-283/
2020-07-22	Trinh:	• Peter Stolk, Netherlands
2020-07-22	Hoa:	• Peter Stolk, Netherlands • https://www.bild.de/regional/leipzig/elefant/ruessel-dame-im-leipziger-zoo-wieder-schwanger-54386382.bild.html?wtmc=fb.shr
2020-05-19	Mekong:	• weight (2007, Leipzig): Jan Jakobi, Tiergarten-Forum • Peter Stolk, Netherlands • http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Mekong • https://www.zsz.ch/der-neue-bulle-ist-schon-unterwegs-nach-rapperswil-151610711636
2018-05-16	Don Chung:	• Peter Stolk, Netherlands • http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Don_Chung
2018-05-16	Dac Lac:	• Peter Stolk, Netherlands • http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Hoa
2018-05-10	Sandai:	• Elephants from CR and SR (Zoo Usti nad Labem) • Peter Schröer, Duisburg Zoo
2018-05-10	Kala:	• Elephants from CR and SR (Zoo Usti nad Labem) • https://ustecky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/foto-ikona-ustecke-zoo-slonice-kala-odesla-musela-byt-utracena-20190205.html?fbclid=IwAR0BC8_bdp1Jh2-6G9hDW52X5Uh-iBWe8rl8d4C2tanlfA-ccpd9DZsPnYk
2018-05-10	Sita:	• http://www.choboti.cz/en.php?txt=historie_crsr
2018-05-10	Delhi:	• Jaroslav Vanecek
2012-05-02	unknown:	• http://www.zoonews.co.uk/IZN/305/IZN-305.html
2012-04-02	Thai:	• Dung Pham Manh, Saigon Zoo, Vietnam. • EEG Magazine nr 19, July 2011, by European Elephant Group
2008-08-25	Kosko:	• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo

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