Pugli
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Terra Natura theme park, Benidorm in Spain

Biography

☨ ♀ Pugli

Identification

EEP nr	7104

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 38 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1969 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2007-04-23
Death reason:	unknown:
Offspring
Total: 3 babies

1. Born 1984-08-17 (dead † 1984-08-17)	♀ killed EEP id: 8411

2. Born 1996-03-29 (dead † 1996-03-29)	♂ stillborn

3. Born 1998-08-20 (dead † 1999-07-26)	♂ Ashoka
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Terra Natura theme park, Benidorm, in Spain

Date of arrival

2006-07-00	Terra Natura theme park, Benidorm from Port Lympne Zoo

1977-06-01	Port Lympne Zoo from Howletts Wild Animal Park

1971-01-01	Howletts Wild Animal Park from Sonepur Fair

Record history
History of updates	2009-09-15: country origin 2010-05-01: prev. location Sonepur

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Pugli is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2007-04-23 at Terra Natura theme park, Benidorm, in Spain, .

Offspring

Total: 3 babies

Origin

Pugli was born wild 1969.

Comments / pictures

In his book The Best of Friends, John Aspinall writes that all asian elephants, except Assam, were bought at the Sonepur market in India.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Pugli, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Terra Natura theme park, Benidorm in Spain. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1410. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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