Lakshmi
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Konni Elephant Kraal Reserve in India

Biography
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Alternative name: Laxmi

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ about 2016 years old (approximate age)
Origin
Born:* ~2010 wild
Birth place: in unknown
Capture: 2012 forest areas of Nelliampathy in Palakkad
Death
Dead: 2016-07-21
Death reason: disease: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1A)
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Konni Elephant Kraal Reserve, in India

Date of arrival

2012-00-00Konni Elephant Kraal Reserve
Record history
History of updates2021-03-29

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† Lakshmi is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2016-07-21 at Konni Elephant Kraal Reserve, in India, . Official death reason described as Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1A).

Origin

Lakshmi was born wild ~2010 at unknown, captured 2012 , captured at forest areas of Nelliampathy in Palakkad.


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An eight-year-old female captive elephant at the Konni Elephant Camp of the Forest Department died of suspected Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus infection on Thursday.

According to official sources, Lakshmi is the third captive elephant to die of endotheliotropic herpesvirus infection in the State this year.

The animal was brought to the elephant camp in 2012 when she strayed into human habitations adjoining the forest areas of Nelliampathy in Palakkad. She was a major attraction to visitors at the Konni camp. An autopsy was done on the elephant carcass in the afternoon. It was later cremated at the elephant camp itself.

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Lakshmi, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Konni Elephant Kraal Reserve in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10924. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories2016 deaths | ~201 births | 2012 captures | Elephants from Konni Elephant Kraal Reserve | India | Asian elephants


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