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Kottoor Soman — Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) | mahoot

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Kottoor Soman

Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) · India

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Record completeness

10 of 15 key fields populated

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Identification

Chip ID: 00065DB7BJ
Local ID: 16
Kerala database nr: 13

Life history

Born: 1942
Birth place: in Kerala unspecified location
Origin: Wild-caught
Management: Free contact

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Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)

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Transfer history

Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)
from Konni Elephant Kraal Reserve

Sources

http://www.forest.kerala.gov.in/images/cekerala.pdf
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2017/aug/08/jumbo-attacks-kumki-elephants-deployed-at-munnar-1639959.html
https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/offbeat/kerala-s-78-year-old-elephant-to-enter-guinness-book-of-world-records-1.5103068
http://www.ecostat.kerala.gov.in/images/pdf/publications/Reports_OtherDepts/forest/forest_statistics_2016.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kottoor_Soman
Database for Captive Elephants in Kerala, made 2009 by Surendra Varma, E.K. Easwaran, T.S. Rajeev, Marshal.C.Radhakrishnan, S. R. Sujata and Nibha Namboodiri , India, available online at Database for Captive Elephants in Kerala Retrieved 2018-11-01.
Districtwise details of Captive Elephants of Kerala by Kerala Forest Department, India

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