Padmaja
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Bandipur forest camp (BEC) in India

Padmaja lives together with 10 other elephants at the Bandipur forest camp (BEC): (detailed list)

1. 1. ♂ Bhatra born 2007
2. 2. ♂ Hamsaraja born 2003
3. 3. ♂ Krishna born 2006
4. 4. ♂ Manikandan (Manikanta) born 2006
5. 5. ♂ Muruthanjai (Mruthinjai) born 2005
6. 6. ♂ Pritiviraj born 2001
7. 7. ♂ Rajendra born 2003
8. 8. ⚪ unknown
9. 9. ⚪ unknown
10. 10. ⚪ unknown

Padmaja was born wild 2003.

Orphan calf (rescued from wild)

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Varma, S. (2008) Captive Elephants at Bandipur Forest Camp:An Investigation into the population status, management and the significance of welfare parameters. Elephants in Captivity: CUPA/ANCF-Occasional Report No.4, Compassion Unlimited Plus Action (CUPA) and Asian Nature Conservation Foundation (ANCF), Bangalore, India
• Database for Captive Elephants and their Mahouts in Karnataka
  made 2009 by Surendra Varma, Shiela Rao, Suparna Ganguly and Rajendra Hasbhavi, India

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• More elephants from: Bandipur forest camp (BEC)
• More elephants from: India
• More elephants that was born: 2003
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• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
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