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Indira — Sakrebyle elephant camp | mahoot

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Indira

Sakrebyle elephant camp · India

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Indira

Record completeness

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Identification

Local ID: 7

Life history

Born: 1935
Birth place: in Karnataka unspecified location
Death reason: age: natural causes
Age (est.): ~82 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1968-00-00

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Sakrebyle elephant camp

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Transfer history

1968-00-00
Sakrebyle elephant camp
from Kakanakote forest

Sources

http://115.115.159.50:8083/aranya/downloads/ShettihalliWLS_MgmtPlan.pdf
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2017/jan/31/indira-grande-dame-of-sakrebailu-and-ktakas-oldest-elephant-dies-1565349.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-38808865
Database for Captive Elephants and their Mahouts in Karnatakamade 2009 by Surendra Varma, Shiela Rao, Suparna Ganguly and Rajendra Hasbhavi, India

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