62 locations has kept elephants in Japan
There is presently 99 (23,74) living elephants in locations in Japan (in this database)
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Japan is in this database included in asia | Other regions |
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| Location holdings: | 62 locations has kept 189 elephants in Japan
(Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)
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| Elephants in locations | 99 (23,74) living | 90 (22,61) dead |
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Sex ratio and
Management: |
| Male | 23 / 99 | | 23% | | Female | 74 / 99 | | 75% | | Free contact | 43 / 99 | | 43% | | Protected contact | 1 / 99 | | 1% | | No contact | 0 / 99 | | 0% | | Unknown contact | 55 / 99 | | 56% | | wild | 0 / 99 | | 0% |
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1939: At the beginning of WW2 there was about 20 elephants in Japan.
1945: Only two elephants survived the war.
2009: 12 African elephants were born in Japan so far, in five different zoos:
Gunma, Hyogo, Tokyo (Tama), Iwate and Ehime.
2009: The Asian population at December 31 was 14.50 = 64 asian elephants.
2013-02-29: At present there are 73 Asian elephants at 37 facilities in Japan. Of these, 8 elephants are from Sri Lanka.
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| Name | Elephant collection | Type | Place | District | Province | State | Region |
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Akita Omoriyama Zoo
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 1 present (0,1) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 1 deaths | private | Akita
(map) | | | | Akita |
Beppu Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Beppu | | | | |
Chiba Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 2 present (1,1) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Chiba, Chiba Prefecture | | | | |
Fuji Safari Park
Kept totally 6 elephants | , 6 present (1,3) |
1 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Susono | | | | Shizuoka Prefecture |
Fukuoka Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Fukuoka, Fukuoka | | | | |
Fukuyama Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 1 present (0,1) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Fukuyama, Hiroshima
(map) | | | | |
Gunma Safari Park
Kept totally 9 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
4 births | 1 relocated | 8 deaths | zoo | Gunma | | | | |
Hamamatsu Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 1 present (0,1) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Hamamatsu
(map) | | | | |
Hanayashiki Park
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Tokyo | | | | |
Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens
Kept totally 9 elephants | , 4 present (1,3) |
1 births | 0 relocated | 5 deaths | zoo | Chikusa-ku, Nagoya
(map) | | | | |
Himeji Central Park Zoo
Kept totally 7 elephants | , 4 present (0,4) |
1 births | 2 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Himeji | | | | |
Himeji Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Himeji
(map) | | | | |
Hiroshima City Zoo (Asa Zoological Park)
Kept totally 5 elephants | , 3 present (1,2) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Hiroshima | | | | |
Hitachi Kamine Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 2 present (0,2) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Hitachi, Ibaraki prefecture | | | | |
Ichihara Elephant Kingdom
Kept totally 20 elephants | , 9 present (2,7) |
5 births | 4 relocated | 7 deaths | zoo | Ichihara, Chiba
(map) | | | | |
Inokashira Park Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Mitaka city, Tokyo | | | | |
Iwate Safari Park
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 2 present (0,2) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Ichinoseki | | | | Iwate |
Japan Travelling Zoo
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 3 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | | | | | |
Kagoshima Hirakawa Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 2 present (1,1) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Kagoshima, Kagoshima | | | | |
Kinoshita Circus
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 2 present (1,1) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Kiryu Oka Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Kiryu, Gunma | | | | |
Kitakyushu Municipal Hibiki Dobutsu World
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 2 present (0,2) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Kitakyushu, Kyushu | | | | |
Kobe Oiji Zoo
Kept totally 10 elephants | , 3 present (1,2) |
3 births | 2 relocated | 5 deaths | zoo | Kobe
(map) | Hyōgo Prefecture | | | Kansai region, Honshu |
Kofu City Yuki Park Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 1 present (0,1) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | 10-1 Otamachi Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture
(map) | | | | |
Kumamoto Zoo (Kumamoto City Zoological and Botanical Gardens)
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Kumamoto | | | | |
Kyoto Municipal Zoo (Okazaki Park)
Kept totally 7 elephants | , 5 present (1,4) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Kyoto City | | | | |
Miyazaki City Phoenix Zoo
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 1 present (1,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Tannowa
(map) | | | | |
Morioka Zoological Park
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 1 present (0,1) |
1 births | 0 relocated | 3 deaths | zoo | Iwate
(map) | | | | |
Nagano Chausuyama Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 1 present (0,1) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Nagano
(map) | Nagano | | | |
Nara Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Nara, Nara Prefecture, Kansai | | | | |
Nasu World Monkey Park
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 2 present (0,2) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Nasu | | | | Tochigi |
New Reoma World amusement park
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Kagawa | | | | |
Nishinoda African safari
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 1 present (0,1) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo |
(map) | | | | |
Nishinomiya Hanshin Park Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Nishinomiya | | | | |
Nomi Ishikawa Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 1 present (0,1) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Ishikawa
(map) | | | | |
Obihiro Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Obihiro, Tokachi, Hokkaidō | | | | |
Odawara Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Odawara, Kanagawa | | | | |
Okayama Ikeda Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Chūgok | | | | |
Okazaki Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 1 present (0,1) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Oyamada
(map) | Kakemachi | | | |
Okinawa Zoo
Kept totally 5 elephants | , 2 present (1,1) |
1 births | 1 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo |
(map) | | | | |
Osaka Tennoji Zoo
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 3 deaths | zoo | Osaka, Kansai | | | | |
Sapporo Maruyama Zoo
Kept totally 6 elephants | , 4 present (1,3) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Sapporo | | | | |
Sasebo Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 1 present (0,1) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Sasebo City | | | | |
Selcohome Zoo Paradise Yagiyama
Kept totally 6 elephants | , 3 present (1,2) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Sendai | | | | Miyagi Prefecture, T?hoku |
Shirahama Zoo Adventure World
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 2 present (0,2) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Shirahama, Wakayama | | | | |
Shizuoka Nihondaira Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 2 present (0,2) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Shizuoka, Shizuoka | | | | |
Subaru Park
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | | | | | Hokkaido |
Takarazuka Zoo and Family Land
Kept totally 5 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
1 births | 1 relocated | 4 deaths | zoo | Takarazuka, Kansai | | | | |
Tama Zoological Park
Kept totally 11 elephants | , 6 present (3,3) |
2 births | 2 relocated | 3 deaths | zoo | Tokyo
(map) | | | | |
Tobe Zoo
Kept totally 9 elephants | , 3 present (0,3) |
5 births | 1 relocated | 5 deaths | zoo | Tobe
(map) | Ehime Prefecture, Tyo district | | | |
Tohoko Safari Park
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 2 present (0,2) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Nihonmatsu | | | | Fukushima |
Tokugawa Yoshimune
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | private | Tokyo (edo) | | | | |
Tokushima Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Tokushima
(map) | | | | |
Tokuyama Municipal Zoo
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 2 present (1,1) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Shûnan, Yamaguchi | | | | |
Tokyo Harbour
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 3 relocated | 0 deaths | seaport | Tokyo
(map) | Koto City | Ariake | | |
Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Park
Kept totally 7 elephants | , 2 present (1,1) |
3 births | 1 relocated | 4 deaths | zoo | Toyohashi | | | | |
Tsukioka Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Tsukioka | | | | Niigata Prefecture |
Ueno Zoo
Kept totally 17 elephants | , 3 present (1,2) |
2 births | 5 relocated | 9 deaths | zoo | Tokyo
(map) | Ueno district | | | |
Utsunomiya Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 1 present (0,1) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Utsunomiya, Tochigi
(map) | | | | |
Yamaguchi Safariland
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 3 present (1,2) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Yamaguchi | | | | |
Yokohama Kanazawa Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 2 present (1,1) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Yokohama | | | | |
Yokohama Zoo (Zoorasia)
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 3 present (1,2) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Yokohama | | | | |
