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Bhatiya — Kurunegala District | mahoot

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Bhatiya

Kurunegala District · Sri Lanka

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Life history

Birth place: in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Death reason: : weakened from gunshots fell into irrigation well and collapsed
Origin: Wild-caught

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Kurunegala District

Sri Lanka · Camp

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Transfer history

Kurunegala District

Sources

https://lankasara.com/news/iconic-wild-tusker-bhathiya-succumbs/
https://alt.army.lk/sfhqwest/content/providing-special-contribution-save-life-bhathiya-tusker

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