Dhrube (wild)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Chitwan National Park (CNP) in Nepal

Biography
♂ Dhrube (wild)

Identification


Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies: Elephas maximus indicus
Sex and age:Male ♂
Management:Wild elephant

People killed:4
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place: in Nepal unspecified location
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Chitwan National Park (CNP), in Nepal

Date of arrival

Chitwan National Park (CNP)
Record history
History of updates2020-11-11

Latest document update2020-11-11 13:46:25
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Biography


Dhrube (wild) is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Chitwan National Park (CNP), in Nepal.

Dhrube (wild) arrived to the Chitwan National Park (CNP) unknown date,

Social

Dhrube (wild) lives together with 3 other elephants at the Chitwan National Park (CNP): (detailed list)

  1. Govinda
  2. Mal Kali
  3. Ronaldo (wild)
and possibly other wild elephants which have no record in this database


Origin

Dhrube (wild) was born wild at Nepal unspecified location.


Comments / pictures

2014-02-06: A man died after a wild elephant attacked him at Gardi VDC-1 in the district on Wednesday night.

The victim is identified as 43-year-old Sher Bahadur Darjee of Gardi VDC.
Notorious elephant called Dhrube had killed other three people in a row of attacks after it first took one’s life at Ameliya village in the Madi area last year. The government had spent 1,600,000 rupees in a bid to take Dhrube under control.

http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=69146

2020: Tracking radio collar has been installed on the bodily part of Dhrube elephant which has been rampaging local human settlement in Chitwan.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Dhrube (wild), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Chitwan National Park (CNP) in Nepal. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16331. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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