Bunta
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Serbajadi Conservation Response Unit (CRU) in Indonesia

Biography
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Identification

Chip id Number985000360200941
Sumatra database198

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 29 years old
Dentition
Incisivestusker
Origin
Born:* 1989 wild
Birth place: in Aceh unspecified location
Capture: 2006 Alue Embang, North Aceh
Death
Dead: 2018-06-08
Death reason: poached: fed poison-laced bananas and mangoes
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Serbajadi Conservation Response Unit (CRU), in Indonesia

Date of arrival

2016-01-00Serbajadi Conservation Response Unit (CRU)
from Aceh unspecified location

Record history
History of updates2018-06-12

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† Bunta is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2018-06-08 at Serbajadi Conservation Response Unit (CRU), in Indonesia, . Official death reason described as fed poison-laced bananas and mangoes.

Origin

Bunta was born wild 1989 at Aceh unspecified location, captured 2006 , captured at Alue Embang, North Aceh.


Comments / pictures

1993: The four tame elephants placed in CRU Serbajadi belong to the Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA) of Aceh. They are named Bunta, Lilik, Lia and Nonik.

2018: A male elephant was found dead from poisoning in East Aceh, Aceh, on Sunday. One of its Tusks had been removed.

Bunta, 27, was part of the Conservation Response Unit (CRU) elephant team, which wards off wild elephants trying to enter the area. Bunta and three other elephants had been stationed at CRU Serbajadi in Bunin village, Serbajadi district, East Aceh, Aceh, since January 2016.

Bunta was the main police elephant at CRU Serbajadi, which was visited by Hollywood actor Leonardo Di Caprio in March 2016.

Bunta was originally a wild elephant captured by BKSDA Aceh in 2006 in North Aceh.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Bunta, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Serbajadi Conservation Response Unit (CRU) in Indonesia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=11745. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories2018 deaths | 1989 births | 2006 captures | Elephants from Serbajadi Conservation Response Unit (CRU) | Indonesia | Asian elephants


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