Rajan
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Barefoot Resort in India

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Rajan  dead elephant



Identification

Local id Number 56
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Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 2016-08-01
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Barefoot Resort, in India

Date of arrival

2004-00-00Barefoot Resort
Record history
History of updates2020-10-29

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Rajan is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2016-08-01 at Barefoot Resort, in India, .

Origin

Rajan was born wild .


Comments / pictures

Rajan�s story goes back to 2004 when he was stranded on the Havelock island after a film shoot.

His owner could not pay for the cargo vessel to ship him to a nearby island. He subsequently fell sick and the Barefoot Resort on the island took him under its care.

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Rajan, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Barefoot Resort in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4103. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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