Yu Yu Yin
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Planckendael Zoo in Belgium

Biography

☨ ♀ Yu Yu Yin
Yu Yu Yin. Antwerp Zoo Summer 2008. Photo: © Tony Verhulst

Identification

EEP nr	7902

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 44 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1979-02-15 unknown
Birth place:
Imported:	1989 by E.A.G. van den Brink
Freight:	By boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam
Death
Dead:	†2023-07-24
Death reason:	unknown:
Offspring
Total: 2 babies

1. Born 1998-03-01	♂ Maxim EEP id: 9802

2. Born 2005-05-28 (dead † 2005-05-28)	♂ stillborn EEP id: 200505
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Planckendael Zoo, in Belgium

Date of arrival

2012-06-18	Planckendael Zoo from Antwerp Zoo

2006-05-02	Antwerp Zoo from Port Lympne Zoo

1999-11-22	Port Lympne Zoo from Rotterdam Zoo

1995-11-09	Rotterdam Zoo from Rhenen Zoo

1989-06-05	Rhenen Zoo from Soest Zoo

1989-06-01	Soest Zoo 1989-06-01 from E.A.G. van den Brink

	E.A.G. van den Brink from Yangon Zoo (Rangoon Zoo)

Record history
History of updates	2020-10-04

Latest document update	2023-08-06 12:12:39
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† Yu Yu Yin is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2023-07-24 at Planckendael Zoo, in Belgium, .

Offspring

Total: 2 babies

Origin

Yu Yu Yin was born unknown 1979-02-15. and imported 1989 by E.A.G. van den Brink, By boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam

Comments / pictures

5 females to Zoo Rhenen, Holland. They were inspected by Mr Peter up country and at Rangoon Zoo.
van den Brink, 2014

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Yu Yu Yin, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Planckendael Zoo in Belgium. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=685. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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