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Hiroko — Osaka Tennoji Zoo | mahoot

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Hiroko

Osaka Tennoji Zoo · Japan

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Hirako December 10, 2014, when she became the oldest elephant in Japan.

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Life history

Born: 1969
Birth place: in India unspecified location
Death reason: disease: foot problemss
Age (est.): ~49 years
Arrived: 1970-05-03

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Osaka Tennoji Zoo

Japan · Zoo

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Transfer history

1970-05-03
Osaka Tennoji Zoo

Sources

Jonas Livet, France
https://thepage.jp/osaka/detail/20180125-00000009-wordleaf

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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