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Ganesh — Tirupati Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park | mahoot

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Ganesh

Tirupati Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park · India

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Identification

Local ID: 6

Life history

Born: 1970
Birth place: in India unspecified location
Age (est.): ~56 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Management: Free contact

At this facility

Tirupati Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park

India · Zoo

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Transfer history

Tirupati Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park
from Naniyala elephant camp
2016-02-00
Vizag Zoo (Indira Gandhi Zoological Park)
from Vizag Zoo (Indira Gandhi Zoological Park)
2007-00-00
Naniyala elephant camp
from Naniyala elephant camp
Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC)
from Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC)

Sources

http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2018-03-31/Wild-tuskers-sent-back-to-reserve-forest-/370823
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Two-training-elephants-sent-back-to-Kuppam/article15985787.ece
http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/bitstream/1/2056749/1/TNV-962.pdf
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ageing-kumki-duo-awaits-adoption-in-chittoor-in-andhra-pradesh/article65062375.ece
Database for Captive Elephants and their Mahouts in Tamil Nadumade 2009 by Surendra Varma, N. Kalaivanan, N.S.Manoharan, R. Thirumurugan, S. Thangaraj Panneerslevam and N. Mohanraj, India

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