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Ambalappuzha Vijayakrishnan — Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) | mahoot

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Ambalappuzha Vijayakrishnan

Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) · India

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Identification

Chip ID: 00065DE38C
Kerala database nr: 583

Life history

Born: 1971
Birth place: in India unspecified location
Death reason: anorexia: stopped eating and drinking, and had a swelling in one of its limbs
Age (est.): ~50 years
Origin: Wild-caught

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Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB)

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Transfer history

Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB)
from Ambalappuzha Sree Krishna Swamy Temple
Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB)
from Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB)
India unspecified location
from India unspecified location

Sources

http://travancoredevaswomboard.org/2014/06/27/ambalappuzha-vijayakrishnan/
https://web.facebook.com/Ambalapuzha-Vijayakrishnan-168776839831707/
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/injured-kerala-elephant-dies-days-after-it-was-deemed-fit-temple-fest-146807
https://keralakaumudi.com/en/news/news.php?id=794109&u=more-escort-elephants-must-not-be-allowed-at-temple-festivals-high-court
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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