Trinki
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo) in Sri Lanka

Biography
⚪ Trinki
Menika with the baby elephant. Photo: © DailyNews.lk
Menika with the baby elephant. Photo: © DailyNews.lk

Alternative name: Trinky

Identification


Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:unknown 14 years old
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 2011-03-17 captive-born , number 59
Birth place: in Pinnawala elephant orphanage

Parents: x ♀ Menika
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo), in Sri Lanka

Date of arrival

2013-00-00Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo)
from Pinnawala elephant orphanage

Record history
History of updates2025-03-10:

Latest document update2020-11-15 13:18:34
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Biography


Trinki is a living an elephant with unknown sex, an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo), in Sri Lanka.

Trinki arrived in 2013-00-00 to the Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo), relocated from the Pinnawala elephant orphanage, in Sri Lanka.


Social

Trinki lives together with 5 other elephants at the Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo): (detailed list)

  1. Devi
  2. Indi born 1978
  3. Kema (Khema) born 2001
  4. Madhavi born 2005
  5. Namalee


Origin

Trinki was born captive-born as birth number 59 2011-03-17 at Pinnawala elephant orphanage.

Parentage


Parents of Trinki are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Menika (mother).

Siblings through the mother Menika:

  1. 2001-06-23(M) Migara
  2. 2005(F) Mihiri

Pedigree


Trinkis ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

Trinki

Sire (f):


Born:

Sire ff:


Born:
Sire fff:
Dame ffm:
Dame fm:


Born:
Sire fmf:
Dame fmm:

Dame m:
Menika

Born: 1989-08-14

Sire mf:
Neela

Born: 1964
Sire mff:
Dame mfm:
Dame mm:
Komali (Komalee)

Born: 1971
Sire mmf:
Dame mmm:


Comments / pictures

2011: The new calf was the fourth for mother Menika, the 59th birth for the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage total and the ninth birth for the facility in March 2010. Its arrival brought the Orphanage's total number of elephants to 91.

2013: Gagana and Trinky, born on 05. 03. 2011 and 17. 03. 2011, at the Pinnawala Orphanage on August 08 and 09, on the grounds the pair was an offering to the Dehiwala Zoological Gardens for public display

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Trinki, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo) in Sri Lanka. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6821. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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