Relocated elephants from Uda Walawe Nationalpark in Sri Lanka

Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival Departure	Present location
Uda Walawe Nationalpark had previously 5 elephants relocated to new location.
1	♀ EM - Seedevi	FC: Born wild		D.A.W. Kannangara
2	† ♀ EM - Pokuna Raja	dead: Born wild 2010? Dead: 2020-04-30, 10 yrs Reason: poached: gunshot	2013-09-00	Uda Walawe Nationalpark
3	† ♂ EM - [208]s calf (wild)	dead: Born wild 2015-06-00 Dead: 2015-09, ? yrs Reason: : weak, rejected from mother	2015-06-00 2015-08-00	Uda Walawe Elephant Transit Home
4	† ♂ EM - Sampath	dead: Born wild Dead: , ? yrs Reason: unknown:	1970-00-00	Pinnawala elephant orphanage
5	† ♂ EM - Mugulan ([T212])	dead: Born wild 2007-02 Dead: 2018-12-01, 11 yrs Reason: poached: died following gun shot wound		Uda Walawe Elephant Transit Home

Source for the list of elephants relocated, previously living at Uda Walawe Nationalpark

Facts about previously kept elephants, relocated from Uda Walawe Nationalpark in Sri Lanka, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 10 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=39 (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)
2020-05-04	Pokuna Raja:	• http://www.hirunews.lk/240038/it-is-revealed-that-pokuna-the-elephant-died-due-to-a-gunshot
2018-12-04	Mugulan ([T212]):	• http://www.adaderana.lk/news/51791/tusker-shot-dead-in-udawalawa-elephant-transit-home?fbclid=IwAR2ILr3SMjAJnkbSkmTSpoDmv7Bt5iZcu6SaSLJ6baeGeUbImlPBcEGpMTg#.XALDWJTdoKE.facebook • https://asianelephant.wordpress.com/2018/12/04/the-brief-life-of-t212/?fbclid=IwAR092A80oWibvCqpk2laFNAbZPGy0KiS7rPb35WBUeA8HhDiDSO09vdYBWo
2018-05-13	[208]s calf (wild):	• https://asianelephant.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/rehabilitated-elephants-can-be-good-moms/
2012-04-16	Sampath:	• Wayne Jackson, Canada. (Text and picture)
2012-03-11	Seedevi:	• https://www.savetheelephants.org/about-elephants-2-3-2/elephant-news-post/?detail=23-illegally-captured-elephants-owned-by-government-supporters-sri-lanka • https://twitter.com/search?q=elephant%20seedevi&src=typed_query

Uda Walawe Nationalpark on elephant-news.com

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2020-09-17	Uda walawe’s iconic elephant rambo to be translocated - Elephant News

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