Chuck
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Denver Zoo in United States

Location

Chuck is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Denver Zoo, in United States.

Chuck arrived in 2018-10-08 to the Denver Zoo, relocated from the African Lion Safari (Ontario), in Canada.

1. ♂ Billy (Budi) born 2008-02-17
2. ♂ Bodhi born 2004-04-16
3. ♂ Groucho born 1971
4. ♂ Jake born 2009-11-02

Origin

Chuck was born captive-born 2008-07-15 at African Lion Safari (Ontario).

Parentage

Siblings through the father Rex (Bimbo, Barney):

1. 2005-11-04(F) Opal
2. 2006-04-13 -- † 2006-04-13 (M) Logan
3. 2006-04-23(F) Emily
4. 2009-11-02(M) Jake
5. 2014-12-22(F) Achara
6. 2018-10-09(F) Kai

Siblings through the mother Mali:

1. 2015-05-12 - † 2020-12-11 (M) Batu
2. 2019-01-15 - † 2020-12-08 (M) Ajay

Pedigree

Chuck, the first 3rd generation birth in North America, was named after Chuck Doyle, the director of the Syracuse zoo and a longtime elephant handler who was instrumental in the success of the Rosamond Gifford breeding program.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Richard Chiger
• Ryan Easley, USA
• Syracuse elephant Mali gives birth in Canada, Syracuse.com, 2008-08-05
  
• https://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/10/08/asian-elephants-denver-zoo-home/#.W7ubCxEGass.facebook
  
  

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Denver Zoo
• More elephants from: United States
• More elephants that was born: 2008-07-15
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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• elephant-news.com
• Asianelephant.net
• Billboard
• Buckles Blog
• circushistory.org
• Elephant_Commentator
• Elefanten-Fotolexikon.eu
• elefanten.wikia
• Google Internet search
• Google Books
• ShowMe Elephants
• ZooChat
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