Neelagiri
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Pinnawala elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka

Biography

☨ ♂ Neelagiri

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Origin
Born:	* unknown
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2011-01-17
Death reason:	unknown: died of wounds from mahouts hooks
Offspring
Total: 5 babies

1. Born 2004-03-22 (dead † 2004-04-22)	♂ stillborn

2. Born 2004-05-10	♂ Kosala (Kosara)

3. Born 2004-08-23	♀ Sugala

4. Born 2005-08-23	♀ Tamara EEP id: 200517

5. Born 2006-06-09	♂ Wishwa
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Pinnawala elephant orphanage, in Sri Lanka

Date of arrival

1986-00-00	Pinnawala elephant orphanage from Lahugala Elephant Sanctuary

Record history
History of updates	2024-06-27: naming of babies b 2010 and 2011 2024-06-30: more sources added

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Neelagiri is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2011-01-17 at Pinnawala elephant orphanage, in Sri Lanka, . Official death reason described as died of wounds from mahouts hooks.

Offspring

Total: 5 babies

Origin

Neelagiri was born unknown .

Comments / pictures

Neela was brought to Pinnawala from Lahugala in 1986.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Neelagiri, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Pinnawala elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=7689. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Litterature about Pinnawala elephant orphanage

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