Sakuntala
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Holong Philkhana (Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary) in India

Biography

☨ ♀ Sakuntala
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Alternative name:	Shakuntala

Identification

Local id Number	16

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 34 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1975 captive-born
Birth place:	in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS camp)

Parents:	♂ x ♀ Jaimala
Death
Dead:	†2009-07-26
Death reason:	disease: gangrene in a leg
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1994	♂ Bharat Local id: 24
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Holong Philkhana (Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary), in India

Date of arrival

	Holong Philkhana (Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary) from Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS camp)

Record history
History of updates	2020-09-12

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Sakuntala is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2009-07-26 at Holong Philkhana (Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary), in India, . Official death reason described as gangrene in a leg.

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

(M) 1994 Bharat Local id: 24

Origin

Sakuntala was born captive-born 1975 at Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS camp).

Parentage

Parents of Sakuntala are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Jaimala (mother).

Pedigree

**Sakuntalas ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Sakuntala	Sire (f): Born:	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Jaimala Born:	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

2009-07-12: On Friday, the forest employees noticed that the animal’s front right leg, too, had swelled. The same night Shakuntala fell to the ground and could not stand up. Yesterday morning, Ranjan Talukdar, the in-charge of the Holong range, tried to make Shakuntala stand with the help of the other kunkis, but could not. “Elephants should not be allowed to sit for long because their Lungs may collapse from their own weight. So we had to make Shakuntala stand somehow. Then we hit upon the idea of a crane,” said Proloy Mandal, the vet of Jaldapara.

Sakuntala on elephant-news.com

Sakuntala is mentioned on Elephant News:

Articles where Sakuntala is mentioned on elephant-news.com
Date	Links which opens in new window
2009-10-09	Tragedy of sakuntala - Elephant News

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Sakuntala, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Holong Philkhana (Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary) in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 7 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5111. (archived at the Wayback machine)