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Vasale — Sri Dalada Maligawa | mahoot

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Vasale

Sri Dalada Maligawa · Sri Lanka

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Dan Koehl visiting ex Chief Mahout at Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka, Mr K. G. Sumanabanda, and the young bull Atkandavihare (Vasale). Kegalle, 2010.

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Life history

Birth place: in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Origin: Wild-caught
Management: Free contact

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Sri Dalada Maligawa

Sri Lanka · Camp

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Transfer history

Sri Dalada Maligawa
from Kotagama village
2010-00-00
Sri Lanka unspecified location
from Sri Lanka unspecified location

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

Data from elephant.se (Dan A. J. Koehl), CC BY 4.0. Reformatted for search.