Geetha
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Whipsnade Wild Animal Park in United Kingdom

♀ Geetha
Whipsnade Wild Animal Park 07/2009. Photo: ï¿½ Guillame Rebis.
Alternative name:	Donna

Identification

Local id Number	3941
EEP nr	200910

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 14 years old
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 2009-07-23 captive-born
Birth place:	in Whipsnade Wild Animal Park
Birth weight	126.00 kgs, 277.20 lbs

Parents:	♂ Emmett (Tundi) x ♀ Kaylee
Offspring
Total: 2 babies

1. Born 2019-01-12 (dead † 2019-01-16)	♀ Unnamed EEP id: 201901

2. Born 2022-08-22	♀ Nang Phaya EEP id: 202202?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

2009-07-23	Whipsnade Wild Animal Park
Record history
History of updates	2009-07-27: New elephant 2009-09-29: named 2012-09-02: corr birth date 2013-02-22: alt name 2016-01-04: eep nr 2018-06-29: pc 2018-08-08: pregnant

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

Location

Geetha is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, in United Kingdom.

Geetha arrived in 2009-07-23 to the Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, relocated from the , in .

Geetha lives together with 6 other elephants at the Whipsnade Wild Animal Park:

♀ Elizabeth born 2016-06-10
♀ Karishma born 1998-08-27
♀ Kaylee born 1982-07-20
♀ Lucha (Khaing Hwia See) born 1982-05-24
♂ Ming Jung born 2007-04-16
♀ Nang Phaya born 2022-08-22

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Offspring

(F) 2019-01-12 -- † 2019-01-16 Unnamed EEP id: 201901
(F) 2022-08-22 Nang Phaya EEP id: 202202?

Origin

Geetha was born captive-born 2009-07-23 at Whipsnade Wild Animal Park.

Parentage

Parents of Geetha are: ♂ Emmett (Tundi) (father) and ♀ Kaylee (mother).

Siblings through the father Emmett (Tundi):

2002-02-02 -- † 2002-02-02 () stillborn
2002-07-01 -- † 2002-07-01 () stillborn
2004-03-16 -- † 2006-12-17 (F) Aneena
2004-07-01 -- † 2004-07-01 (M) stillborn
2004-09-25 -- † 2017-04-00 (M) Euan (Toomai)
2005-12-11(M) Gabi (Boon-Chooi)
2007-01-19 -- † 2009-05-17 (F) Leelee (Bets)
2008-01-17 -- † 2009-05-03 (M) Donaldson (Riddle)
2009-08-06 -- † 2011-04-13? (M) Ganesh Vijay
2010-04-12(M) Ned (George Ketchum)
2011-10-18(M) Scott
2013-10-13 -- † 2015-06-05 (M) Max
2014-09-16(M) Sam
2016-06-10(F) Elizabeth

Siblings through the mother Kaylee:

2004-03-16 - † 2006-12-17 (F) Aneena
2007-01-19 - † 2009-05-17 (F) Leelee (Bets)

Pedigree

**Geethas ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Geetha	Sire (f): Emmett (Tundi) Born: 1991-07-10	Sire ff: Indy (Butch) Born: 1971	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Indy (Butch) Born: 1971	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Romani Born: 1976	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Romani Born: 1976	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Kaylee Born: 1982-07-20	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

The new calf was born Wednesday night to 27 year old, third time mother Kayee. She has two surviving half-brothers on her father Emmetts side, who was born in 1991 at the Syracuse Zoo in New York.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2023). Geetha, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Whipsnade Wild Animal Park in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 27 September 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4754. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

EEG Magazine nr 16, Dec 2009, by http://www.elefanten-schutz-europa.de/'>European Elephant Group
Guillame Rebis, Whipsnade Zoo
Ryan Easley, USA
"Whipsnade Zoo trumpets baby elephant birth, Elephant-News.com, 2009-07-27
https://zooelefanten.de/profile/europa/grossbritannien/whipsnade-zsl-whipsnade-zoo/donna-geetha/

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