Mali
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Werribee Open Range Zoo in Australia

Biography

♀ Mali

Identification

Local id Number	B00002
ASMP nr	70

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 15 years old
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 2010-01-16 captive-born
Birth place:	through artificial insemination in Melbourne Zoo

Parents:	♂ Bong Su x ♀ Dokkoon
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 2022-11-25	♂ Roi-Yim
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Werribee Open Range Zoo, in Australia

Date of arrival

2025-02-13	Werribee Open Range Zoo from Melbourne Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2010-01-16: New elephant 2010-02-24: name 2010-12-03: nr 2021-11-13 reported pregnant 2022-11-26: Updated as not pregnant

Latest document update	2022-11-26 12:11:33
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Biography

Mali is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Werribee Open Range Zoo, in Australia.

Mali arrived in 2025-02-13 to the Werribee Open Range Zoo, relocated from the Melbourne Zoo, in Australia.

Social

Mali lives together with 8 other elephants at the Werribee Open Range Zoo: (detailed list)

♀ Aiyara born 2022-11-16
♀ Dokkoon born 1993
♀ Kati born 2023-01-01
♀ Kulab born 2000
♂ Luk Chai born 2009-07-04
♀ Mek Kapah born 1973
♀ Num-Oi born 2001
♂ Roi-Yim born 2022-11-25

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

(M) 2022-11-25 Roi-Yim

Origin

Mali was conceived through artificial insemination and born captive-born 2010-01-16 at Melbourne Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Mali are: ♂ Bong Su (father) and ♀ Dokkoon (mother).

Siblings through the father Bong Su:

2010-03-10(M) Pathi Harn
2010-09-10(M) Ongard
2013-01-17 -- † 2013-12-03 (M) Sanook
2013-12-08 -- † 2023-08-24 (M) Man Jai

Siblings through the mother Dokkoon:

2013-12-08 - † 2023-08-24 (M) Man Jai
2022-11-16(F) Aiyara

Pedigree

**Malis ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Mali	Sire (f): Bong Su Born: 1974-08-03	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Dokkoon Born: 1993	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

In March 2008, fifteen year old Dokkoon was artificially inseminated by elephant fertility experts from Berlin and zoo vets with sperm from the zoos bull, Bong Su. She was confirmed pregnant in June via ultrasound. She was the first elephant in Australia to conceive a calf through AI and gave birth in January 2010 to a female calf.

The new calf, born to seventeen year old first time mother Dokkoon, set several records. She was the first elephant born in the 147-year history of the Melbourne Zoo and the first elephant born via Artificial insemination in Australia. She was the second elephant born in Australia, following the birth of a male calf in July 2009 at the Taronga Zoo. She joined the current Herd of three females, her dam, and her sire, Bong Su.

Mali on elephant-news.com

Mali is mentioned on Elephant News:

Articles where Mali is mentioned on elephant-news.com
Date	Links which opens in new window
	Melbourne zoo's new elephants due by christmas - Elephant News
2006-11-06	Melbourne zoo: elephants are here! - Elephant News
2006-12-06	Elephants settle into new home in melbourne zoo - Elephant News
2008-02-24	Hopes for patter of elephant feet - Elephant News
2008-06-02	Melbourne zoo celebrates elephant pregnancy - Elephant News
	Melbourne elephant breaks fertility record - Elephant News
2008-08-19	Melbourne zoo’s new elephant is pregnant - Elephant News
	Three elephants pregnant in australia - Elephant News
2008-12-03	Where elephants walk - Elephant News
2009-12-04	Vet awaits big day - the birth of an elephant - Elephant News
2010-01-16	Dokkoon delivers - Elephant News

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Mali, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Werribee Open Range Zoo in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5571. (archived at the Wayback machine)