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Rajesh — Pansoli elephant camp (Dandeli forest) | mahoot

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Rajesh

Pansoli elephant camp (Dandeli forest) · India

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Rajesh

Record completeness

9 of 15 key fields populated

60%

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Identification

Local ID: 17

Life history

Born: 1979
Death: 2016-12-11
Death reason: killed: by two wild tuskers
Age (est.): ~39 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 2014-10-00

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Pansoli elephant camp (Dandeli forest)

India · Camp

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Transfer history

2014-10-00
Pansoli elephant camp (Dandeli forest)
from Murkal elephant camp (Nagarhole)

Sources

http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2014/oct/06/State-Gets-Fourth-Elephant-Safari-Circuit-in-Dandeli-668413.html
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2018/nov/16/wild-elephant-attack-death-of-camp-elephant-rajesh-raises-questions-1898971.html?fbclid=IwAR2goYzp_tWVPx8z4CVRpyCouGhNzRsfvGnT6DhabtfAn8eLkPKTgRwEZaU
Database for Captive Elephants and their Mahouts in Karnatakamade 2009 by Surendra Varma, Shiela Rao, Suparna Ganguly and Rajendra Hasbhavi, India

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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