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Ruwani — Zurich Zoo | mahoot

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Ruwani

Zurich Zoo · Switzerland

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Identification

EEP nr: 201705

Life history

Born: 2017-02-25
Birth place: in Zurich Zoo
Death reason: disease: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus
Age (est.): ~5 years
Origin: Captive-born
Arrived: 2017-02-25

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Zurich Zoo

Switzerland · Zoo

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Transfer history

2017-02-25
Zurich Zoo

Sources

https://www.facebook.com/zoozuerich
https://www.srf.ch/news/regional/zuerich-schaffhausen/der-kleine-elefant-hat-einen-namen
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ruwani-becomes-third-elephant-die-herpes-virus-zurich-zoo-2022-07-23/
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Ruwani (Google Translated version)

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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