Borg
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Yala Ruhunu National Park in Sri Lanka

Biography

☨ ♂ Borg
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Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* 2011 wild
Birth place:	in Yala Ruhunu National Park

Parents:	♂ x ♀ Biso-Menike
Death
Dead:	†2012
Death reason:	: starvation
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Yala Ruhunu National Park, in Sri Lanka

Date of arrival

	Yala Ruhunu National Park
Record history
History of updates	2020-09-20

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Borg is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2012 at Yala Ruhunu National Park, in Sri Lanka, . Official death reason described as starvation.

Origin

Borg was born wild 2011 at Yala Ruhunu National Park.

Parentage

Parents of Borg are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Biso-Menike (mother).

Pedigree

**Borgs ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Borg	Sire (f): Born:	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Biso-Menike Born:	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

In the 2012 dry season two elephant calves were found dead by the roadside. One was the calf of Biso-Menike. We had named him Borg. He was one year 10 months old.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Borg, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Yala Ruhunu National Park in Sri Lanka. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12039. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.ccrsl.org/Literature/stories/the-tragedy-of-yala

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