Kaveri (Cauvery)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Dompierre Le Pal Zoo in France

♀ Kaveri (Cauvery)

Identification

EEP nr	8517

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 38 years old
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 1984-01-28 wild
Birth place:
Imported:	1985
Offspring
Total: 4 babies

1. Born 1990-03-31 (dead † 2000-06-19)	♂ Poona (Salem) EEP id: 9005

2. Born 1993-10-01	♀ Nina EEP id: 9305

3. Born 1998-05-04	♂ Thisiam EEP id: 9804

4. Born 2009-05-00 (dead † 2009-05-00)	♀ miscarriage
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Dompierre Le Pal Zoo, in France

Date of arrival

2005-03-30	Dompierre Le Pal Zoo from Paris Zoo Vincennes

1985-05-31	Paris Zoo Vincennes from Unknown

Record history
History of updates	2009-01-26: Text 2018-03-02: link to EleWiki submitted by IP address 89.107.209.212

Latest document update	2018-05-22 15:22:13
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Biography

Location

Kaveri (Cauvery) is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Dompierre Le Pal Zoo, in France.

Kaveri (Cauvery) arrived in 2005-03-30 to the Dompierre Le Pal Zoo, relocated from the Paris Zoo Vincennes, in France.

Kaveri (Cauvery) lives together with 5 other elephants at the Dompierre Le Pal Zoo:

♀ Accra born 1972
♀ Nina born 1993-10-01
♂ Petit Jack born 2021-06-16
♂ Tom born 2014-03-19
♂ Upali born 1994-11-14

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Offspring

(M) 1990-03-31 -- † 2000-06-19 Poona (Salem) EEP id: 9005
(F) 1993-10-01 Nina EEP id: 9305
(M) 1998-05-04 Thisiam EEP id: 9804
(F) 2009-05-00 -- † 2009-05-00 miscarriage

Origin

Kaveri (Cauvery) was born wild 1984-01-28. and imported 1985

Comments / pictures

1984: Presented to president Mitterand from Indian prime minsister Rajiv Gandhi

For her first birth, Kaveri was four years old when she was bred, giving birth at age six.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Kaveri (Cauvery), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Dompierre Le Pal Zoo in France. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 26 January 2022 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=186. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Kaveri (Google Translated version)

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