Bandara an Asian elephant at Calgary Zoo

 ☨ ♂ Bandara  
Bandara. Calgary Zoo 1983. Photo: © Dinny
Bandara. Calgary Zoo 1983. Photo: © Dinny's Digest, courtesy of Brent Van Hooft
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 16 years old
Id numberEEP Number: 7508SSP Number: (144)
Origin
Born:* 1975-05-25 wild
Birth place:
Imported:1976
Death
Dead date: † 1991-11-25
Death reason: disease: congestive heart failure
Offspring
Total: 2 babies
1. Born 1986-08-11
(dead † 2015-10-22)		♂ Calvin (Chanda) EEP id: 8612 SSP id: 147
2. Born 1990-07-14♀ Maharani (Rani) SSP id: 307
Locations
Present / last location:Calgary Zoo, in Canada
Date of Arrival
(Presently sometimes errors!)
1976-05-25Calgary Zoo
from Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo)
Document updated2008-12-28: EEP, Death RE
2009-02-28: Text RE
2009-03-04: Image RE
2010-12-31: Cause of Death RE
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Description

† Bandara is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant, (Elephas maximus), who died at Calgary Zoo, in Canada, of disease in 1991-11-25. Official death reason described as congestive heart failure. (see detailed list).

Offspring

Total: 2 babies

  1. (M) 1986-08-11 -- † 2015-10-22 Calvin (Chanda) EEP id: 8612 SSP id: 147
  2. (F) 1990-07-14 Maharani (Rani) SSP id: 307

Origin

Bandara was born wild 1975-05-25. and imported 1976


Comments / pictures

Kamala, Swarna and a bull who died in 1991, Bandara, all arrived at the Calgary Zoo in May 1976 from the Sri Lanka National Zoo.



Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Bandara, an Asian at Calgary Zoo in Canada. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=428. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

  • Brent Van Hooft, Elephant Keeper Calgary Zoo
  • "Table 4: Captive Elephants 1988-1999 and Additions to 1980-1988 Records," Elephant, The Publication of the Elephant Research Foundation, Vol 2 No 4, January 2000. p 65-71

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