Meina (Lina)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Shanghai Zoo in China

Biography

☨ ♀ Meina (Lina)

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 14 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1992 captive-born
Birth place:

Parents:	♂ Bamo x ♀ Banna
Death
Dead:	†2006
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Shanghai Zoo, in China

Date of arrival

1992-00-00	Shanghai Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2021-08-31

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Meina (Lina) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2006 at Shanghai Zoo, in China, .

Origin

Meina (Lina) was born captive-born 1992.

Parentage

Parents of Meina (Lina) are: ♂ Bamo (father) and ♀ Banna (mother).

Siblings through the father Bamo:

1978-06-04 -- † 1984 (F) Yina
1982-12-31 -- † 2006 (F) Erna
1986-06-00 -- † 1996 (M) Sai Mo
1989-06-23 -- † 2001-05-02 (unknown) Asi
1996-04-12 -- † 2008 (M) Kangkang
2001-05-00 -- † 2006-01-01 (M) Yuan Yuan
2002-03-10(M) Dong Dong
2006-11-00(F) unknown

Siblings through the mother Banna:

1978-06-04 - † 1984 (F) Yina
1982-12-31 - † 2006 (F) Erna
1986-06-00 - † 1996 (M) Sai Mo
1989-06-23 - † 2001-05-02 (unknown) Asi
1996-04-12 - † 2008 (M) Kangkang
2002-03-10(M) Dong Dong
2006-11-00(F) unknown

Pedigree

**Meina (Lina)s ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Meina (Lina)	Sire (f): Bamo Born: 1964	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Banna Born: 1964	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Chinese dentists have re-attached a broken tusk to an elephant in Shanghai Zoo--without anesthetic.
Their patient, 10-year-old Meina, snapped her tusk at the root when she balked in fright during a transporting operation earlier this month. With the nerves bared, inflammation later set in.
Leading dentists in Shanghai were invited to conduct an operation on April 25. For fear of incurring problems and slowing down recovery, an anesthetic was ruled out.
A little after 9:00am, the dentists purged and sterilized the tusk root, and then refixed the broken tusk with the strongest adhesive they had. Meina winced several times during the process, but accompanied by her breeder managed to endure the entire operation without making much fuss. Soon after the operation, Meina seemed rejuvenated and began to take food.
Dentists Succeed in Mammoth Task, 2002-05-02

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Meina (Lina), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Shanghai Zoo in China. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4628. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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