Rosy
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Rosy

Identification

SSP nr	40

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 42 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1951 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1993-01-28
Death reason:	euthanised:
Offspring
Total: 6 babies

1. Born 1962-10-02 (dead † 1996-02-13)	♀ Me-Tu SSP id: 49

2. Born 1965-12-03	♀ Cora (Noel) SSP id: 52

3. Born 1970-04-26 (dead † 2004-07-21)	♀ Tina SSP id: 57

4. Born 1973-10-31 (dead † 1986-10-26)	♀ Emma (M&M) SSP id: 63

5. Born 1979-10-05 (dead † 1993-02-01)	♂ Thongtrii SSP id: 68

6. Born 1983-04-01 (dead † 2015-03-30)	♂ Rama SSP id: 71
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo), in United States

Date of arrival

1953-09-14	Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)
Record history
History of updates	2025-02-08: text, latest birth. 2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Rosy is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1993-01-28 at Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo), in United States, .

Offspring

Total: 6 babies

Origin

Rosy was born wild 1951.

Comments / pictures

Rosy was the first elephant at the Metro Washington Park Zoo

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Rosy, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=458. (archived at the Wayback machine)

"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

Litterature about Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)

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