Deceased elephants at Pinnawala elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka

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This database list 26 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ♂ EM Tissa Saman Born: wild Dead:2019-09-29, 2018-04-00 Tissamaharama Raja Maha Vihara
2+ ⚪ EM noname < 1 Born: captive-born 2011-02-16 Dead:2011-02-16, unknown 2011-02-16
3+ ⚪ EM unknown < 1 Born: captive-born 2011-01-16
x Lasanda
Dead:2011-08-09, unknown 		2011-01-16
4+ ♂ EM stillborn < 1 Born: captive-born 2006-09-14
x Komali (Komalee)
Dead:2006-09-14, stillborn 		2006-09-14
5+ ♂ EM stillborn < 1 Born: captive-born 2004-03-22
Neelagiri x Nikini II
Dead:2004-04-22, stillborn 		2004-03-22
6+ ⚪ EM Unnamed (killed) Local birth nr: 24
< 1 		Born: captive-born 2004-02-27
x Lasanda
Dead:2004-03-20, killed dashed on the ground by the mother		2004-02-27
7+ ♀ EM Binari Local birth nr: 21
2		Born: captive-born 2001-09-19
x Shermi
Dead:2003-01-03 (2 years after arrival), disease head injury and paralysis		2001-09-19
8+ ⚪ EM Honda Kota 2Born: wild Dead:1999-02-20, unknown 1999-00-00
9+ ♂ EM Blind Raja 2Born: wild Dead:2013-01-12 (19 years after arrival), age foot abcess1994-00-00 Anuradhapura forest
10+ ♂ EM Vikum Local birth nr: 3
2		Born: captive-born 1989-07-11
x Kumari
Dead:1991-05-18 (2 years after arrival), unknown 		1989-07-11
11+ ♂ EM Neelagiri 2Born: unknown Dead:2011-01-17 (25 years after arrival), unknown died of wounds from mahouts hooks1986-00-00 Lahugala Elephant Sanctuary
12+ ♀ EM Anusha 2Born: wild Dead:, unknown 1986-00-00 Dehiwela Zoo
13+ ♀ EM Nikini 2Born: wild Dead:1975-02-15, disease poisoned by villagers1975-01-00 Dehiwela Zoo
14+ ♂ EM Raja 2Born: wild Dead:, unknown 1975-01-00 Dehiwela Zoo
15+ ♂ EM Vijaya 36Born: wild 1963 Dead:1999-09-11 (24 years after arrival), disease brain cancer1975-00-00 Dehiwela Zoo
16+ ♀ EM Anuradha 36Born: wild 1982 Dead:, unknown leg fracture
17+ ♀ EM Ranmali (Ranmalee) 36Born: wild 1982 Dead:, unknown
18+ ♂ EM Kadira 36Born: unknown 1966? Dead:, unknown
19+ ♀ EM Kirimenika 36Born: wild Dead:2004-05-09, unknown
20+ ♂ EM Sanka I (Big Sankar) 36Born: Dead:1999-05-14, unknown
21+ ♂ EM Kandula I 36Born: Dead:1999-01-29, disease heart attack
22+ ♀ EM Anura 36Born: wild Dead:1998-03-31, unknown
23+ ♀ EM Hema 36Born: wild Dead:1981, unknown
24+ ⚪ EM Tharaka 36Born: Dead:, unknown
25+ ♀ EM Kiriya I 36Born: Dead:, unknown
26+ ♂ EM Sampath 36Born: wild Dead:, unknown Dehiwela Zoo

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Pinnawala elephant orphanage

Reference list

Facts about Deceased elephants at Pinnawala elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2026), available online retrieved 14 May 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=43 (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)
2024-01-21 Tissa Saman:• https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20190930/281848645335160
2018-05-17 Binari:• http://cheerans.com/files/Captive-Elephant-Workshop.pdf
•  Captive Breeding of Elephants at Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka, by Chandana Rajapaksa, University of Peradeniya
2013-01-13 Blind Raja:• http://www.lankapuvath.lk/index.php/latest-news/general2/28030-blind-pinnawala-raja-dies
2012-04-16 Sampath:• Wayne Jackson, Canada. (Text and picture)
2012-02-01 stillborn:• Vorläufige Liste der Geburten Asiatischer Elefanten im Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage (Sri Lanka) 1984 bis 2009, in: Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Nr. 17 (Juni 2010), S. 61 (Teil eines Beitrags anlässlich der 50. Elefantengeburt in Pinnawala).
2012-01-31 Anuradha:• Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage.
•  Geburt und Jugendendwicklung von Asiatischen Elefanten -Beoabachtungen aus der Pinnawela Elephant Sanctuary von Sri Lanka, Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoos, nr 2 1999, by Fred Kurt, Birgit Dastig, Sandra Petzhold, Julia Rastelli, Judith Schmelz, Verena Tragau
2012-01-30 Ranmali (Ranmalee):• Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage.
•  Geburt und Jugendendwicklung von Asiatischen Elefanten -Beoabachtungen aus der Pinnawela Elephant Sanctuary von Sri Lanka, Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoos, nr 2 1999, by Fred Kurt, Birgit Dastig, Sandra Petzhold, Julia Rastelli, Judith Schmelz, Verena Tragau
2012-01-30 Sanka I (Big Sankar):• Geburt und Jugendendwicklung von Asiatischen Elefanten -Beoabachtungen aus der Pinnawela Elephant Sanctuary von Sri Lanka, Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoos, nr 2 1999, by Fred Kurt, Birgit Dastig, Sandra Petzhold, Julia Rastelli, Judith Schmelz, Verena Tragau
2012-01-30 Unnamed (killed):• Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage.
2012-01-30 stillborn:• Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage.
2012-01-30 Neelagiri:• Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage.
2012-01-29 Vikum:• Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage.
2012-01-29 unknown:• http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=5819
2011-03-12 noname:• http://print.dailymirror.lk/news/news/36052.html
2010-09-07 Anusha:• Wayne Jackson, Canada
•  Geburt und Jugendendwicklung von Asiatischen Elefanten -Beoabachtungen aus der Pinnawela Elephant Sanctuary von Sri Lanka, Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoos, nr 2 1999, by Fred Kurt, Birgit Dastig, Sandra Petzhold, Julia Rastelli, Judith Schmelz, Verena Tragau

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