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Kunming Zoo in China
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Kunming Zoo
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1950
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Yunnan province
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China
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Yang Mei
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Description
Kunming Zoo, in Kunming,
China
, was founded in 1950.
Living elephants
At the Kunming Zoo lives 5 elephants with records in this database: (
detail list
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Molly
born 2016-03-00
♂
Unnamed
born 2021-10-15
♀
Ya Long
♀
Yaming
♂
Zhongbo
born 1982
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2014-02-19: An elephant kills its keeper at Kunming Zoo in Kunming city of southwest China\'s Yunnan province on Feb. 19, 2014. The keeper had worked in the zoo for 24 years and taken care of the elephant, born in 1992, for ten years, according to
Yang Mei
, director of the zoo.
2018: In 2018, Kunming Zoo stated that in order to "adjust bloodline", Molly was exchanged to Swan Lake Ecological Park in Qinyang City, Jiaozuo, Henan Province.
2022-05-15 : On May 15, according to the official website of the Henan Provincial Forestry Bureau, the Asian elephant "Molly" left Qinyang on May 15 and was sent to Kunming Zoo.
2022-05-17 : The Kunming Zoo announced on May 17 that the Asian elephant "Molly" arrived safely at the Kunming Zoo at 23:53 on May 16, 2022.
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