Deceased elephants at Madras Vandalur Zoo in India

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This database list 4 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ♀ EM Ashwini (twin) Local id: 2 DCEMTN id: 43 26Born: captive-born 1986-01-20
Inspector General x Valli
Dead:2012-11-22 (4 years after arrival), unknown 		2008-00-00 Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai)
2+ ♀ EM Chellam 4Born: wild 2005 Dead:2009-11-20 (4 years after arrival), disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus? (EEHV1A)2005-09-13 Anthiyur forest
3+ ♀ EM Bhuvana 5Born: captive-born 1991-04-01
Nanjan x Alamelu
Dead:1996-09-00 (5 years after arrival), disease 		1991-04-01
4+ ♀ EM AlameluBorn: wild ~1956 Dead:1996, unknown Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai)

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Madras Vandalur Zoo

Reference list

Facts about Deceased elephants at Madras Vandalur Zoo in India, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2026), available online retrieved 17 April 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=352 (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this list:

Latest updateName of elephantSource (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2018-12-07 Chellam:• http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=5623314
• Elephant dies in suspected attack of herpes virus at Vandalur zoo
•  Gary S. Hayward, Ph D. John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
2018-05-21 Alamelu:• H. Sundararaju, director Arignar Anna Zoological park, 1995
•  Krishnamurthy V (2002) The Management of Departmental Elephants in Tamil Nadu. Committee report. (online pdf document)
2018-05-19 Ashwini (twin):• http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Vandalur-zoo-safari-special-elephant-falls-ill-dies-at-28/articleshow/17316547.cms
•  Krishnamurthy Sridhar
2008-10-22 Bhuvana:• H. Sundararaju, director Arignar Anna Zoological park, 1995


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