Indira is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the M. R. Palayam Elephant Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre (ERRC), in India.
Indira arrived in 2021-12-20 to the M. R. Palayam Elephant Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre (ERRC), relocated from the Rajapalayam Animal Care Trust, in India.
Indira lives together with 7 other elephants at the M. R. Palayam Elephant Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre (ERRC):
Indira was born wild 1961? at India unspecified location.
There is a controversy surrounding elephant Indira, which has reportedly taken the place of another elephant Lakshmi. As per official records, the then Chief Wildlife Warden had granted permission for transporting Lakshmi from Palani to ACT in June 2016. However, an inspection later on found that the animal at ACT had a different microchip number and not Lakshmi’s. Later, its identity was ascertained as Indira, a jumbo belonging to one K Mohanan from Kerala.
(The name Indira is already submitted into the link, just click on the link for relevant results)
