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Aayu Hi Way — Chester Zoo | mahoot

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Aayu Hi Way

Chester Zoo · United Kingdom

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Identification

EEP nr: 201702

Life history

Born: 2017-01-18
Birth place: in Chester Zoo
Death: 2017-02-01
Death reason: disease: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus
Origin: Captive-born
Arrived: 2017-01-18

At this facility

Chester Zoo

United Kingdom · Zoo

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Transfer history

2017-01-18
Chester Zoo

Sources

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4155900/Rare-Asian-elephant-born-British-zoo.html
https://www.facebook.com/chesterzoo1/photos/a.114703955911.98765.56676235911/10154902360895912/?type=3&theater
https://www.chesterzoo.org/whats-happening/zoo-news/2018/10/aayu-and-nandita?fbclid=IwAR3hTVIDxSWrNy47hWIcHPo7CQlpODnXNVgkv2vC3rOa88fmxVpPsapMj14
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Hi Way (Google Translated version)

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