Deceased elephants at Nandankanan Zoo in India


This database list 7 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ♂ EM unknown Born: wild Dead:2025-01-22, lumbar vertebral disc dislocation2025-01-06 Karanjia Forest Division
2+ ♀ EM Kamala 6Born: wild 2013-08-01 Dead:2019-09-19 (6 years after arrival), disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus2013-11-22 Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT)
3+ ♀ EM Gouri DCEMTN id: 00 7Born: wild 2012-00-00 Dead:2019-09-20 (7 years after arrival), disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus2012-00-00 Athagarh Forest Division
4+ ♂ EM Chandan DCEMTN id: 00 10Born: unknown 2009-00-00 Dead:2019-09-15, disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus
5+ ⚪ EM Jagan 7Born: unknown 2009 Dead:2016-05-30, unknown
6+ ♀ EM Julie 12Born: unknown 2007? Dead:2019-08-26, disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus and acute abdominal colic
7+ ♀ EM Prema 12Born: unknown Dead:2022-10-28, age arthritis and was not able to bear weight on foot

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Nandankanan Zoo

Reference list

Facts about Deceased elephants at Nandankanan Zoo in India, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 4 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=160 (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this list:

Latest updateName of elephantSource (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2025-01-23 unknown:• https://sambadenglish.com/latest-news/elephant-rescued-from-karanjia-dies-at-nandankanan-zoo-in-odisha-8642892
•  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/117463900.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
2020-04-23 Chandan:• https://www.indiablooms.com/health-details/W/4958/odisha-one-more-elephant-dies-of-herpes-virus-in-nandankanan-zoo.html
2020-04-23 Julie:• http://newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Elephant-day-at-Nandankanan-zoo/2013/10/05/article1819802.ece
•  https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/national/647323-jumbo-julie-dies-at-odisha-zoo
•  https://www.indiablooms.com/health-details/W/4958/odisha-one-more-elephant-dies-of-herpes-virus-in-nandankanan-zoo.html
2020-04-23 Gouri:• http://newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Elephant-day-at-Nandankanan-zoo/2013/10/05/article1819802.ece
•  https://www.mid-day.com/articles/one-more-elephant-dies-due-to-herpes-virus-infection-in-odisha/21773186
2017-04-09 Jagan:• http://newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Elephant-day-at-Nandankanan-zoo/2013/10/05/article1819802.ece
•  http://odishatv.in/odisha/body-slider/7-year-old-tusker-dies-in-nandankanan-148981/
2013-10-05 Prema:• http://orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=44620
•  https://argusnews.in/article/odisha/elephant-premadies-at-nandankanan
2013-10-05 Kamala:• http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/2-month-old-Kamala-misses-zoo-treat/articleshow/23548696.cms
•  https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/herpes-virus-claims-another-elephant-life-at-odishas-zoo/article29463361.ece

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