Haji
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Dickerson Park Zoo in United States

Biography

☨ ♂ Haji

Identification

SSP nr	520

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 3 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1999-11-28 captive-born
Birth place:	in Dickerson Park Zoo
Birth weight	172.00 kgs, 378.40 lbs

Parents:	♂ Onyx (Big Mac) x ♀ Moola
Death
Dead:	†2002-06-07
Death reason:	disease: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1B)
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Dickerson Park Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

1999-11-28	Dickerson Park Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Haji is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2002-06-07 at Dickerson Park Zoo, in United States, . Official death reason described as Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1B).

Origin

Haji was born captive-born 1999-11-28 at Dickerson Park Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Haji are: ♂ Onyx (Big Mac) (father) and ♀ Moola (mother).

Siblings through the father Onyx (Big Mac):

1985-06-12 -- † 1985-06-12 (F) noname
1990-10-11(F) Shanti
1991-07-26 -- † 1993-02-28 (F) Maiya (Kate)
1992-09-07 -- † 1992-09-07 (M) stillborn
1992-12-27(M) Raja
1995-02-02(F) Asha
1996-07-02(F) Chandra
1997-09-06 -- † 1997-09-06 (M) stillborn
1998-05-17 -- † 2000-11-29 (M) Kala
2000-04-12 -- † 2000-04-12 (M) Pete
2000-11-03 -- † 2007-06-08 (F) Hansa

Siblings through the mother Moola:

1996-07-02(F) Chandra
2006-07-18 - † 2007-12-01 (F) Nisha

Pedigree

**Hajis ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Haji	Sire (f): Onyx (Big Mac) Born: 1962	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Moola Born: 1981-08-08	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Haji was the first elephant born through AI, with assistane from Dr. Dennis Schmitt, associate professor of veterinary medicine at Southwest Missouri State University.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Haji, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Dickerson Park Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1002. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Ryan Easley, USA
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pharmacology_molecular_sciences/faculty/bios/haywardg.html'>Gary S. Hayward, Ph D. John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

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