stillborn
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Twycross Zoo in United Kingdom

Biography

☨* ♀ stillborn

Identification

EEP nr	201202

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Stillborn:	☨* 2012-03-25 captive-born (stillborn)
Birth place:	through artificial insemination in Twycross Zoo

Parents:	♂ Raja x ♀ Tara
Death
Dead:	†2012-03-25
Death reason:	☨* stillborn: EEHV, Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Twycross Zoo, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

2012-03-25	Twycross Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2018-09-02

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† stillborn is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2012-03-25 at Twycross Zoo, in United Kingdom, . Official death reason described as EEHV, Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus?.

Origin

stillborn was conceived through artificial insemination and born captive-born (stillborn) 2012-03-25 at Twycross Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of stillborn are: ♂ Raja (father) and ♀ Tara (mother).

Siblings through the father Raja:

2011 -- † 2011 (F) miscarriage
2012-03-24 -- † 2012-03-24 () killed
2013-07-27(M) Namsai
2014-03-04(F) Esha
2014-09-24(F) Tarli
2019-01-12 -- † 2019-01-16 (F) Unnamed

Pedigree

**stillborns ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
stillborn	Sire (f): Raja Born: 1994-01-19	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Shree Born: ~1950	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Shree Born: ~1950	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Tara Born: 1998-08-06	Sire mf: Chang Born: 1981-11-10	Sire mff: Chieng Mai
		Sire mf: Chang Born: 1981-11-10	Dame mfm: Ida
		Dame mm: Tonzi Born: 1984-10-03	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Tonzi Born: 1984-10-03	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Head vet Sarah Chapman said: "Immediately after the birth, we could see the calf wasn't moving.

"It's common for elephants to nudge a newborn to help it rise to its Feet to suckle. However, when all three elephants backed away we knew something was wrong.

"The keepers and vet team rushed into the enclosure and worked on trying to bring life into the calf for almost an hour.

"Once we reached a point when we knew there was nothing more we could do, we placed the calf back in front of the elephants.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). stillborn, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Twycross Zoo in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 September 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10522. (archived at the Wayback machine)