Relocated elephants from Anuradhapura forest in Sri Lanka

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Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival Departure	Present location	Import
Anuradhapura forest had previously 13 elephants relocated to new location.
1	† ♂ EM - Old Josh	dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown:	1851-00-00	Van Amburg Circus	1851-05-04
2	† ♂ EM - Tom Thumb SSP id: T2300	dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: killed: Executed by electrocution	1887-00-00 1851-00-00	Bronx Zoo	1851-05-04
3	† ♂ EM - Pizarro II	dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: :	1851-00-00	Van Amburg Circus	1851-05-04
4	† ♀ EM - Mary	dead: Born unknown Dead: , ? yrs Reason: :	1851-00-00	U.S.A. unspecified location	1851-05-04
5	† ♀ EM - Jenny	dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: :	1851-00-00	U.S.A. unspecified location	1851-05-04
6	† ♀ EM - Fanny	dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: :	1851-00-00	U.S.A. unspecified location	1851-05-04
7	† ♂ EM - Mogul	dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: :	1851-00-00	U.S.A. unspecified location	1851-05-04
8	† ♂ EM - Mickey	dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: :	1851-00-00	U.S.A. unspecified location	1851-05-04
9	† ♂ EM - Canada	dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown:	1851-00-00	Seth B. Howes	1851-05-04
10	† ♀ EM - Mali	dead: Born wild 1980 Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown:		Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo)
11	♂ EM - Kataragama Vasana	FC: Born wild 1970	1971-00-00	Kataragama Kiri Vehera Dewalaya
12	† ♂ EM - Raja	dead: Born wild Dead: 2013-01-12, ? yrs Reason: age: foot abcess	1994-00-00	Pinnawala elephant orphanage
13	† ♂ EM - Bandula	dead: Born wild 1949 Dead: 2022-09-23, 73 yrs Reason: unknown:	1949-00-00	Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo)

Source for the list of elephants relocated, previously living at Anuradhapura forest

Reference list

Facts about previously kept elephants, relocated from Anuradhapura forest in Sri Lanka, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 28 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1469 (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this list:
Latest update	Name of elephant	Source (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2020-10-24	Old Josh:	• Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2018-09-12	Kataragama Vasana:	• Salinda Sampath • https://www.dailynews.lk/2019/07/13/local/191024/katharagama-%E2%80%98wasana%E2%80%99-feted
2013-01-13	Raja:	• http://www.lankapuvath.lk/index.php/latest-news/general2/28030-blind-pinnawala-raja-dies
2012-09-30	Jenny:	• P. T. Barnum’s Great Travelling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Hippodrome compiled by Richard A. Arnold, https://classic.circushistory.org/History/PTB1872.htm • The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, Bandwagon • Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-09-30	Mary:	• The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, Bandwagon • Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-09-30	Pizarro II:	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • Ryan Easley, USA • The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, Bandwagon • Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-09-30	Tom Thumb:	• The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, Bandwagon • Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-09-30	Fanny:	• The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, Bandwagon • Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-09-30	Mickey:	• The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, Bandwagon • Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-09-30	Mogul:	• The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, Bandwagon • Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-01-31	Bandula:	• https://www.newswire.lk/2022/09/23/iconic-elephant-bandula-dies-at-dehiwala-zoo/?fbclid=IwAR07jexUqzNpF0SDP0MGYiyDbpihfd_3Wz-rFAgmcQgQuYUkbgwCg6S6dOM
2012-01-11	Canada:	• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2010-09-07	Mali:	• Wayne Jackson, Canada

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Anuradhapura forest had previously 13 elephants relocated to new location.

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