Deceased elephants at Pinnawala elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka

This database list 27 dead elephants

Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival location
1	+ ♂ EM Tissa Saman	Born: wild Dead:2019-09-29,	2018-04-00 Tissamaharama Raja Maha Vihara
2	+ ⚪ EM noname < 1	Born: captive-born 2011-02-16 Dead:2011-02-16, unknown	2011-02-16
3	+ ⚪ EM unknown < 1	Born: captive-born 2011-01-16 x Lasanda Dead:2011-08-09, unknown	2011-01-16
4	+ ♂ EM stillborn < 1	Born: captive-born 2006-09-14 x Komali (Komalee) Dead:2006-09-14, stillborn	2006-09-14
5	+ ♂ EM stillborn < 1	Born: captive-born 2004-03-22 Neelagiri x Nikini II Dead:2004-04-22, stillborn	2004-03-22
6	+ ⚪ EM Unnamed (killed) Local birth nr: 24 < 1	Born: captive-born 2004-02-27 x Lasanda Dead:2004-03-20, killed dashed on the ground by the mother	2004-02-27
7	+ ♀ EM Binari Local birth nr: 21 2	Born: captive-born 2001-09-19 x Shermi Dead:2003-01-03 (2 years after arrival), disease head injury and paralysis	2001-09-19
8	+ ⚪ EM Honda Kota 2	Born: wild Dead:1999-02-20, unknown	1999-00-00
9	+ ♂ EM Aruna Local birth nr: 8 2	Born: captive-born 1994-04-10 Neela x Komali (Komalee) Dead:, unknown	1994-04-10
10	+ ♂ EM Raja 2	Born: wild Dead:2013-01-12 (19 years after arrival), age foot abcess	1994-00-00 Anuradhapura forest
11	+ ♂ EM Vikum Local birth nr: 3 2	Born: captive-born 1989-07-11 x Kumari Dead:1991-05-18 (2 years after arrival), unknown	1989-07-11
12	+ ♂ EM Neelagiri 2	Born: unknown Dead:2011-01-17 (25 years after arrival), unknown died of wounds from mahouts hooks	1986-00-00 Lahugala Elephant Sanctuary
13	+ ♀ EM Anusha 2	Born: wild Dead:, unknown	1986-00-00 Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo)
14	+ ♀ EM Nikini 2	Born: wild Dead:1975-02-15, disease poisoned by villagers	1975-01-00 Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo)
15	+ ♂ EM Raja 2	Born: wild Dead:, unknown	1975-01-00 Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo)
16	+ ♂ EM Vijaya 36	Born: wild 1963 Dead:1999-09-11 (24 years after arrival), disease brain cancer	1975-00-00 Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo)
17	+ ♀ EM Anuradha 36	Born: wild 1982 Dead:, unknown leg fracture
18	+ ♀ EM Ranmali (Ranmalee) 36	Born: wild 1982 Dead:, unknown
19	+ ♂ EM Kadira 36	Born: unknown 1966? Dead:, unknown
20	+ ♀ EM Kirimenika 36	Born: wild Dead:2004-05-09, unknown
21	+ ♂ EM Sanka I (Big Sankar) 36	Born: Dead:1999-05-14, unknown
22	+ ♂ EM Kandula I 36	Born: Dead:1999-01-29, disease heart attack
23	+ ♀ EM Anura 36	Born: wild Dead:1998-03-31, unknown
24	+ ♀ EM Hema 36	Born: wild Dead:1981, unknown
25	+ ⚪ EM Tharaka 36	Born: Dead:, unknown
26	+ ♀ EM Kiriya I 36	Born: Dead:, unknown
27	+ ♂ EM Sampath 36	Born: wild Dead:, unknown	Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo)

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Pinnawala elephant orphanage

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Facts about Deceased elephants at Pinnawala elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 7 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=43 (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)
2024-01-21	Tissa Saman:	• https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20190930/281848645335160
2018-05-17	Binari:	• http://cheerans.com/files/Captive-Elephant-Workshop.pdf • Captive Breeding of Elephants at Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka, by Chandana Rajapaksa, University of Peradeniya
2013-01-13	Raja:	• http://www.lankapuvath.lk/index.php/latest-news/general2/28030-blind-pinnawala-raja-dies
2012-04-16	Sampath:	• Wayne Jackson, Canada. (Text and picture)
2012-02-01	stillborn:	• Vorläufige Liste der Geburten Asiatischer Elefanten im Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage (Sri Lanka) 1984 bis 2009, in: Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Nr. 17 (Juni 2010), S. 61 (Teil eines Beitrags anlässlich der 50. Elefantengeburt in Pinnawala).
2012-01-31	Aruna:	• Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage. • Geburt und Jugendendwicklung von Asiatischen Elefanten -Beoabachtungen aus der Pinnawela Elephant Sanctuary von Sri Lanka, Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoos, nr 2 1999, by Fred Kurt, Birgit Dastig, Sandra Petzhold, Julia Rastelli, Judith Schmelz, Verena Tragau
2012-01-31	Anuradha:	• Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage. • Geburt und Jugendendwicklung von Asiatischen Elefanten -Beoabachtungen aus der Pinnawela Elephant Sanctuary von Sri Lanka, Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoos, nr 2 1999, by Fred Kurt, Birgit Dastig, Sandra Petzhold, Julia Rastelli, Judith Schmelz, Verena Tragau
2012-01-30	Ranmali (Ranmalee):	• Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage. • Geburt und Jugendendwicklung von Asiatischen Elefanten -Beoabachtungen aus der Pinnawela Elephant Sanctuary von Sri Lanka, Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoos, nr 2 1999, by Fred Kurt, Birgit Dastig, Sandra Petzhold, Julia Rastelli, Judith Schmelz, Verena Tragau
2012-01-30	Sanka I (Big Sankar):	• Geburt und Jugendendwicklung von Asiatischen Elefanten -Beoabachtungen aus der Pinnawela Elephant Sanctuary von Sri Lanka, Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoos, nr 2 1999, by Fred Kurt, Birgit Dastig, Sandra Petzhold, Julia Rastelli, Judith Schmelz, Verena Tragau
2012-01-30	Unnamed (killed):	• Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage.
2012-01-30	stillborn:	• Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage.
2012-01-30	Neelagiri:	• Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage.
2012-01-29	Vikum:	• Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage.
2012-01-29	unknown:	• http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=5819
2011-03-12	noname:	• http://print.dailymirror.lk/news/news/36052.html
2010-09-07	Anusha:	• Wayne Jackson, Canada • Geburt und Jugendendwicklung von Asiatischen Elefanten -Beoabachtungen aus der Pinnawela Elephant Sanctuary von Sri Lanka, Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoos, nr 2 1999, by Fred Kurt, Birgit Dastig, Sandra Petzhold, Julia Rastelli, Judith Schmelz, Verena Tragau

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