Merry (Mary)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS camp) in India

♀ Merry (Mary)

Identification

Local id Number	22 (Mathigodu)
Karnataka database	58

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 65 years old
Body weight:	2980.00 kg, 6556.00 lbs
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 1958 wild
Birth place:	in Nagarhole National Park
Capture:	1977
Offspring
Total: 2 babies

1. Born 1998	♀ Ganga

2. Born 2012-08-18	♂ unknown
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS camp), in India

Date of arrival

2018-04-21	Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS camp) from Mathigodu elephant Camp

	Mathigodu elephant Camp from Balle Elephant Camp

	Balle Elephant Camp from Sunkadakatte elephant camp

	Sunkadakatte elephant camp from Kakanakote forest

	Kakanakote forest from Nagarhole National Park

Record history
History of updates	2010-10-02: dassehra 2010-10-02: prev location 2012-01-02: age, weight, mother to Ganga 2012-07-02: alt name 2016-12-11: DCEMK_nr 2018-04-23: transferred to Jaldapara

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography

Location

Merry (Mary) is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS camp), in India.

Merry (Mary) arrived in 2018-04-21 to the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS camp), relocated from the Mathigodu elephant Camp, in India.

Merry (Mary) lives together with 39 other elephants at the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS camp):

3. ♀ Amrapali born 1999
4. ♂ Ashoka born 1994
5. ♂ Bharat born 1994
6. ♀ Debayani born ~1974
7. ⚪ Dharmaraya born 2010
8. ♀ Diana born 1996
9. ♀ Kuntalini born ~1955
10. ♀ Lakshmi born ~1975
11. ♂ Mansingh
12. ♂ Motilal born 2000
13. ♀ Mumtaz
14. ⚪ Nanjunda born 1995
15. ♀ Nooree born ~1952
16. ♂ Norbahadur born 1994
17. ♀ Phulwanti
18. ♀ Purnima born ~1964
19. ♂ Raja born 2011
20. ♂ Rajkanta?? born 1972
21. ♀ Rami born 1997
22. ♀ Rani
23. ♂ Rudraprasad born 1997
24. ♂ Sarathi born 1999
25. ♀ Sharmila born ~1952
26. ♂ Shiladitta born 2000
27. ♂ Srinivas born 2004
28. ♂ Suman born 1993-11-07
29. ♀ Sundari born 1998
30. ♀ Sundarmani born 1973
31. ♂ Tarzan born 1997?
32. ♀ Torsha Rani born 1997
33. ♂ unknown born 2001
34. ♀ unknown born 2002-09-00
35. ♂ unknown born 2002-01-00
36. ♂ unknown born 2001
37. ♂ unknown born 2002-09-00
38. ♀ unknown born 2000
39. ♂ unknown born 2000
40. ♀ Urbashi born ~1952
41. ♀ Zenny born ~1995

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Offspring

(F) 1998 Ganga
(M) 2012-08-18 unknown

Origin

Merry (Mary) was born wild 1958 at Nagarhole National Park, captured 1977 .

Comments / pictures

2010-10-03: The elephant Mary will be taking part in Mysore Dasara for 10th time.

2011-08: The mother-daughter pair of Mary and Ganga had grabbed the attention of visitors during the welcome ceremony at the Amba Vilas Palace here on Thursday. While 54-year-old Mary was caught in the Kakanakote forest in 1977, it has participated in Dasara for 10 years. Mary hails from Sunkadakatte elephant camp in Hunsur. Mary weighs 2,980 kg.

2012: Mary, who was caught at Kakanakote forest area in H.D. Kote in 1977 during a Khedda operation when she was 20 years old, has already given birth to five calves. Mary has participated in Jumboo Savari on for 10 consecutive years. She first took part in the Dasara procession in 2002.

2018-04-22: Five elephants from Mathigodu Elephant Camp near Gonikoppa in Kodagu district were sent to Jaldapara National Park in West Bengal on Saturday. Mary (61), Dharmaraya (8), Srinivas (15), Sarathi (18) and Nanjunda (23) were sent in a lorry to West Bengal.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Merry (Mary), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS camp) in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 September 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2482. (archived at the Wayback machine)