Ganesh
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in United States

Biography

☨ ♂ Ganesh

Identification

SSP nr	508

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 7 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1998-03-15 captive-born
Birth place:	in Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

Parents:	♂ Sabu x ♀ Jati-Hit
Death
Dead:	†2005-08-16
Death reason:	disease: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1A)
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, in United States

Date of arrival

2003-04-18	Columbus Zoo and Aquarium from Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Ganesh is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2005-08-16 at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, in United States, . Official death reason described as Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1A).

Origin

Ganesh was born captive-born 1998-03-15 at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.

Parentage

Parents of Ganesh are: ♂ Sabu (father) and ♀ Jati-Hit (mother).

Siblings through the father Sabu:

2006-07-18 -- † 2007-12-01 (F) Nisha

Pedigree

**Ganeshs ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Ganesh	Sire (f): Sabu Born: 1988	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Jati-Hit Born: 1987	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

"In 2005, 7-year-old Ganesh was found dead in his stall. A Necropsy determined the Asian male elephant died of the herpes virus, which produces sudden hemorrhaging."

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Ganesh, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2733. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/02/18/zoo-seeks-answers-in-death-of-coco.html?sid=101
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pharmacology_molecular_sciences/faculty/bios/haywardg.html'>Gary S. Hayward, Ph D. John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

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