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Dehiwela Zoo · Sri Lanka

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Menika with the baby elephant. Photo: © DailyNews.lk

Record completeness

12 of 15 key fields populated

80%

Life history

Born: 2011-03-17
Birth place: in Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage
Age (est.): ~15 years
Origin: Captive-born
Arrived: 2013-00-00
Management: Free contact

At this facility

Dehiwela Zoo

Sri Lanka · Zoo

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Transfer history

2013-00-00
Dehiwela Zoo
from Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage

Sources

"Another birth at Pinnawala," DailyNews.lk, 2011-03-18
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=85838
https://www.bva.co.uk/uploadedFiles/Content/Membership_and_benefits/Students/liliana-heinrich-travel-grant-full-report.pdf

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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