† noname (wild) is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1950-08-09 at Panamure elephant kraal, in Sri Lanka, . Official death reason described as shot.
noname (wild) was born wild , captured 1950 .
Already in 1950 Animal rights activists had a victory in Sri Lanka, but as usual with political pressure and with false arguments: Though the News Papers screamed, “Tusker shot while defending the herd” it was not a Tusker nor was he the leader of the Herd. He was just a strong male that had joined the Herd because of his sexual desires. I must also state that the shooting of elephants was not banned at the time. They were shot in defence of crops and for ‘sport’, with a license of course. http://www.asesg.org/PDFfiles/Gajah/29-05-Katugaha.pdf
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