Kandula I
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Pinnawala elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka

Biography

☨ ♂ Kandula I

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Origin
Born:	*
Birth place:	in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1999-01-29
Death reason:	disease: heart attack
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Pinnawala elephant orphanage, in Sri Lanka

Date of arrival

	Pinnawala elephant orphanage
Record history
History of updates	2024-06-27: naming of babies b 2010 and 2011 2024-06-30: more sources added

Latest document update	2021-09-26 10:57:01
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† Kandula I is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1999-01-29 at Pinnawala elephant orphanage, in Sri Lanka, . Official death reason described as heart attack.

Origin

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kandula I, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Pinnawala elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1855. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Litterature about Pinnawala elephant orphanage

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