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Cheeran — Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC) | mahoot

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Cheeran

Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC) · India

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Record completeness

11 of 15 key fields populated

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Identification

Local ID: 11

Life history

Born: 1986-07-10
Birth place: in Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC)
Death reason: unknown: collapsed
Age (est.): ~40 years
Origin: Captive-born
Arrived: 2019-00-00

At this facility

Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC)

India · Camp

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Transfer history

2019-00-00
Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC)
from Chadivayal elephant camp (Sadivayal)
2018-03-03
Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC)
from Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC)

Sources

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/kumki-elephants-john-cheran-arrive-to-protect-lives-crops-from-wild-cousins/articleshow/63602553.cms
https://simpli-city.in/news-detail.php?nid=25001
http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/bitstream/1/2056749/1/TNV-962.pdf
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/kumki-elephants-suyambu-venkatesh-to-be-shifted-to-chadivayal-camp/article28276753.ece
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/dec/23/how-kumki-cheran-got-his-eyesight-back-2398772.html
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/tn-forest-dept-launch-probe-as-camp-elephant-collapses-and-dies/article71002989.ece
Database for Captive Elephants and their Mahouts in Tamil Nadumade 2009 by Surendra Varma, N. Kalaivanan, N.S.Manoharan, R. Thirumurugan, S. Thangaraj Panneerslevam and N. Mohanraj, India

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