Douanita (Donna) at Osnabruck Zoo

Douanita (Donna)

ID Number:	EEP Number: 8805 -
Species:	Asian elephant
Sex and age:	Female 31 years
Management:	Protected contact
Location:	Osnabruck Zoo
Arrived	Osnabruck Zoo 2017-03-08 from Prague Zoo (Zoo Praha) Prague Zoo (Zoo Praha) 2012-05-08 from Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp) Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp) 1988-07-10 from Saigon Zoo (Ho Chi Minh Zoo)
Born:	1987 wild Vietnam
Offspring and year of birth:	(M) 2000-01-26 noname, EEP nr: 20001 (F) 2003-05-13 Trong Nhi, EEP nr: 200303 (F) 2009-02-10 Tonya, EEP nr: 200900 (F) 2013-02-11 Sita, EEP nr: 201302 (M) 2017-07-04 Minh-Tan, EEP nr: 201716?
Document updated	2009-02-10: pregnancy over, baby born 2012-01-22: nick name 2012-05-20: Text, Pregnant RE 2013-03-11: pc 2013-05-31:Â not pregnant 2017-03-09: transfer, link to EleWiki submitted
Contradictory records: EEG state birth year 1986, and arrival in Rotterdam 1988-07-26. Douanita was imported for Usti nad Labem Zoo in Czech Republic, but was confiscated in the Rotterdam harbour on her way to Usti, coming from Vietnam. (probably via Saigon Zoo) She was in a very poor condition, only being fed with sugerbeets, and was sent to Blijdorp to recover, but never left. Usti agreed to let her stay and breed. Pregnant Douanita and her youngest daughter Tanya were transferred together from the Netherlands to the Czech Republic in May 2012 due to compatibility issues between Douanita and other Rotterdam females. She is due to give birth in January 2013. Sources, among others Peter Stolk Elefanten in Zoo und Circus EEG: Haufellner, Kurt, Schilfarth, Schweiger Gerald Postma, Netherlands Jaroslav Vanecek, Elephant Gossip http://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/osnabrueck_emsland/Willkommen-Douanita-und-Sita,elefanten238.html Asian Elephant Studbook, Europe Regional EEP, 2005, 2007 by Rob Belterman, Ton Dorresteyn, Martin van Wees Asian Elephant Studbook, Europe Regional EEP, 2014 by Martin van Wees and Marc Damen (PDF document) Internal relevant links List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants More elephants from: Osnabruck Zoo More elephants from: Germany More elephants that was born: 1987 All breeding cows All breeding bulls The elephant database startpage. Statistics List of all captive born elephants in the database External relevant links (Opens in new window) Douanita (Donna) at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In German)HTTP code: 301 it is valid Link to translated version with Google Translate) Search more on the web for Douanita (Donna) (The name Douanita (Donna) is already submitted into the link, just click on the link for relevant results) elephant-news.com elefanten-fotolexikon.eu elefanten.wikia Google Books elephanttag.org and Asian Elephant Studbook 2003-2005, AZA North America (PDF) Asianelephant.net Buckles Blog ShowMe Elephants circushistory.org Billboard Elephant_Commentator ZooChat Share the page about Douanita (Donna)