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Sakunthala — Yala Ruhunu National Park | mahoot

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Sakunthala

Yala Ruhunu National Park · Sri Lanka

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Life history

Birth place: in Yala Ruhunu National Park
Origin: Wild-caught

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Yala Ruhunu National Park

Sri Lanka · Camp

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Transfer history

Yala Ruhunu National Park

Sources

Jennifer Pastorini, Sri Lanka
http://www.ccrsl.org/Literature/stories/homey's-story

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