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Urigam — Varagaliar elephant camp | mahoot

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Urigam

Varagaliar elephant camp · India

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Record completeness

9 of 15 key fields populated

60%

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Life history

Born: 2009
Age (est.): ~17 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 2018-04-00
Management: Free contact

At this facility

Varagaliar elephant camp

India · Camp

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Transfer history

2018-04-00
Varagaliar elephant camp
from Madras Vandalur Zoo
2010-01-10
Hosur forest division
from Hosur forest division

Sources

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/vandalur-zoo-looks-to-cover-new-ground/article9310774.ece
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Rejuvenation-camp-for-three-elephant-calves-begins-in-Chennais-Vandalur-zoo/articleshow/50485353.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/two-city-zoo-tuskers-in-musth-head-to-camps/articleshow/63634174.cms

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