Tara
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Blackpool Zoo in United Kingdom

Tara lives together with 6 other elephants at the Blackpool Zoo: (detailed list)

1. ♂ Emmett (Tundi) born 1991-07-10
2. ♀ Esha born 2014-03-04
3. ♀ Katie born 1969
4. ♀ Minbu born 1985-01-00
5. ♀ Noor Jahan born 1995-11-24
6. ♀ Zaiya born 2025-09-02

1. (F) 2012-03-25 -- † 2012-03-25 stillborn EEP id: 201202
2. (F) 2025-09-02 Zaiya EEP id: 202505

Tara was born captive-born 1998-08-06 at Twycross Zoo.

Siblings through the father Chang:

1. -- † 2012 () stillborn fetus still in utero
2. 1993-09-09 -- † 1993-09-09 (F) killed
3. 1995-12-19 -- † 1997-05-25 (F) Karha
4. 1997-12-31 -- † 2018-09-07 (F) Sithami
5. 1998-04-25 -- † 1998-04-25 (M) stillborn
6. 1998-08-27(F) Karishma
7. 2000-07-18(M) Po Chin
8. 2000-10-07(M) Assam
9. 2004-03-05 -- † 2004-03-05 (F) stillborn
10. 2004-10-10 -- † 2017-10-30 (M) Tunga
11. 2008-05-04 -- † 2015-11-30 (F) Jade
12. 2009-05-00 -- † 2009-05-00 (F) miscarriage
13. 2010-11-01 -- † 2010-11-01 () stillborn
14. 2014-03-19(M) Tom
15. 2015-05-20 -- † 2015-05-20 (M) Baby Q
16. 2015-06-16 -- † 2018-05-27 (F) Qiyo
17. 2017-12-25(F) Suki
18. 2018-01-13(F) Tun Kai
19. 2018-04-11 -- † 2018-06-26 (M) Tarzen
20. 2020-10-01(F) Mun

Pedigree

Tara was conceived at the Chester Zoo before her mother was transported back to the Twycross Zoo. The Pregnancy lasted 651 days and Tonzi was in labor for 42 hours.

Tara was artificially inseminated with semen collected from the Woburn Zoo's bull Rajah.

2012: She gave birth to a stillborn calf 2012-03-25.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Alan Bates, Curator, Twycross Zoo
• Ryan Easley, USA
  
• John Gibson
• Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Tara (Google Translated version)

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Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Blackpool Zoo
• More elephants from: United Kingdom
• More elephants that was born: 1998-08-06
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

• Tara at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
• Link to translated version with Google Translate

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