Deepa
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kaziranga Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) in India

Biography

☨ ♀ Deepa

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 4 years old
Origin
Born:	* 2007 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2011-01-06
Death reason:	anesthesia: congestive heart failure, Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Kaziranga Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), in India

Date of arrival

2004-00-00	Kaziranga Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC)
Record history
History of updates	2021-12-04

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Deepa is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2011-01-06 at Kaziranga Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), in India, . Official death reason described as congestive heart failure, Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)?.

Origin

Deepa was born wild 2007.

Comments / pictures

She was to have been released in 2007 but was detected with Tuberculosis and hence was kept back in the centre. However a subsequent blood test returned a negative result.

At 6 years of age Deepa was once again to enter the Rehabilitation Program in January 2011. However whilst under sedation for the move she suffered congestive Heart failure.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Deepa, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kaziranga Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6258. (archived at the Wayback machine)