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Mudumalai — Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC) | mahoot

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Mudumalai

Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC) · India

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Identification

Local ID: 4

Life history

Born: 1965
Birth place: in Mudumalai National Park
Age (est.): ~61 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1967-07-09
Management: Free contact

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Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC)

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Transfer history

1967-07-09
Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC)
from Mudumalai National Park

Sources

http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/bitstream/1/2056749/1/TNV-962.pdf
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2022/aug/31/fellow-kumkis-at-mtr-give-send-off-to-jumbos-retiring-from-service-2493259.amp
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.