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Bandula — Dehiwela Zoo | mahoot

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Bandula

Dehiwela Zoo · Sri Lanka

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Life history

Born: 1949
Birth place: in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Death reason: unknown:
Age (est.): ~73 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1949-00-00

At this facility

Dehiwela Zoo

Sri Lanka · Zoo

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Transfer history

1949-00-00
Dehiwela Zoo
from Anuradhapura forest

Sources

https://www.newswire.lk/2022/09/23/iconic-elephant-bandula-dies-at-dehiwala-zoo/?fbclid=IwAR07jexUqzNpF0SDP0MGYiyDbpihfd_3Wz-rFAgmcQgQuYUkbgwCg6S6dOM

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