Samrat
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park in India

Samrat was born wild 1996?, captured 1997? .

Samrat was found abandoned in the jungles of Chaibasa by the then forest officials and was brought to Birsa Zoological Park in the 1998 when he was just three months old. According to the zoo authorities, he was rejected by his mother upon birth.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/state-editions/samrat-died-due-to-viral-disease--say-officials.html
  
• https://swarajyamag.com/news-brief/explained-the-fatal-disease-that-has-killed-5-elephants-in-odisha-and-why-we-should-be-alarmed

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