Relocated elephants from Uda Walawe Nationalpark in Sri Lanka

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Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival Departure	Present location
Uda Walawe Nationalpark had previously 5 elephants relocated to new location.
1	♀ EM - Seedevi	FC: Born wild		D.A.W. Kannangara
2	† ♀ EM - Pokuna Raja	dead: Born wild 2010? Dead: 2020-04-30, 10 yrs Reason: poached: gunshot	2013-09-00	Uda Walawe Nationalpark
3	† ♂ EM - [208]s calf (wild)	dead: Born wild 2015-06-00 Dead: 2015-09, ? yrs Reason: : weak, rejected from mother	2015-06-00 2015-08-00	Uda Walawe Elephant Transit Home
4	† ♂ EM - Sampath	dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown:	1970-00-00	Pinnawala elephant orphanage
5	† ♂ EM - Mugulan ([T212])	dead: Born wild 2007-02 Dead: 2018-12-01, 11 yrs Reason: poached: died following gun shot wound		Uda Walawe Elephant Transit Home

Source for the list of elephants relocated, previously living at Uda Walawe Nationalpark

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Facts about previously kept elephants, relocated from Uda Walawe Nationalpark in Sri Lanka, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 24 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=39 (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)
2020-05-04	Pokuna Raja:	• http://www.hirunews.lk/240038/it-is-revealed-that-pokuna-the-elephant-died-due-to-a-gunshot
2018-12-04	Mugulan ([T212]):	• http://www.adaderana.lk/news/51791/tusker-shot-dead-in-udawalawa-elephant-transit-home?fbclid=IwAR2ILr3SMjAJnkbSkmTSpoDmv7Bt5iZcu6SaSLJ6baeGeUbImlPBcEGpMTg#.XALDWJTdoKE.facebook • https://asianelephant.wordpress.com/2018/12/04/the-brief-life-of-t212/?fbclid=IwAR092A80oWibvCqpk2laFNAbZPGy0KiS7rPb35WBUeA8HhDiDSO09vdYBWo
2018-05-13	[208]s calf (wild):	• https://asianelephant.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/rehabilitated-elephants-can-be-good-moms/
2012-04-16	Sampath:	• Wayne Jackson, Canada. (Text and picture)
2012-03-11	Seedevi:	• https://www.savetheelephants.org/about-elephants-2-3-2/elephant-news-post/?detail=23-illegally-captured-elephants-owned-by-government-supporters-sri-lanka • https://twitter.com/search?q=elephant%20seedevi&src=typed_query

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2020-09-17	Uda walawe’s iconic elephant rambo to be translocated - Elephant News

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Uda Walawe Nationalpark had previously 5 elephants relocated to new location.

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