Deceased elephants at Madras Vandalur Zoo in India

This database list 4 dead elephants

Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival location
1	+ ♀ EM Ashwini (twin) Local id: 2 DCEMTN id: 43 26	Born: captive-born 1986-01-20 Inspector General x Valli Dead:2012-11-22 (4 years after arrival), unknown	2008-00-00 Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai)
2	+ ♀ EM Chellam 4	Born: wild 2005 Dead:2009-11-20 (4 years after arrival), disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus? (EEHV1A)	2005-09-13 Anthiyur forest
3	+ ♀ EM Bhuvana 5	Born: captive-born 1991-04-01 Nanjan x Alamelu Dead:1996-09-00 (5 years after arrival), disease	1991-04-01
4	+ ♀ EM Alamelu	Born: wild ~1956 Dead:1996, unknown	Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai)

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Madras Vandalur Zoo

Facts about Deceased elephants at Madras Vandalur Zoo in India, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 2 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=352 (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)
2018-12-07	Chellam:	• http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=5623314 • Elephant dies in suspected attack of herpes virus at Vandalur zoo • Gary S. Hayward, Ph D. John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
2018-05-21	Alamelu:	• H. Sundararaju, director Arignar Anna Zoological park, 1995 • Krishnamurthy V (2002) The Management of Departmental Elephants in Tamil Nadu. Committee report. (online pdf document)
2018-05-19	Ashwini (twin):	• http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Vandalur-zoo-safari-special-elephant-falls-ill-dies-at-28/articleshow/17316547.cms • Krishnamurthy Sridhar
2008-10-22	Bhuvana:	• H. Sundararaju, director Arignar Anna Zoological park, 1995

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