Tendi
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo) in Ukraine

Biography

☨ ♀ Tendi

Identification

EEP nr	9814

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 23 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1998-07-19 captive-born
Birth place:	in Odessa Zoo

Parents:	♂ Tarun x ♀ Vendi (Vendy)
Death
Dead:	†2021-07-20
Death reason:	euthanised: dysplasia of the knee joints?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo), in Ukraine

Date of arrival

2000-10-07	Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo) from Odessa Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2020-10-17

Latest document update	2023-08-29 17:29:37
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† Tendi is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2021-07-20 at Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo), in Ukraine, . Official death reason described as dysplasia of the knee joints?.

Origin

Tendi was born captive-born 1998-07-19 at Odessa Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Tendi are: ♂ Tarun (father) and ♀ Vendi (Vendy) (mother).

Siblings through the father Tarun:

1992-09-29 -- † 1996-04-01 (M) Fantik
2004-10-17 -- † 2006? (M) Duke

Siblings through the mother Vendi (Vendy):

2004-10-17 - † 2006? (M) Duke

Pedigree

**Tendis ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Tendi	Sire (f): Tarun Born: 1974	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Vendi (Vendy) Born: 1978	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Records about Tendi from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Tendi:

9814 F 19 Jul 1998 8207 7805 ODESSA 19 Jul 1998 NONE Birth TENDI
KHAR KOV 7 Oct 2000 TENDI Transfer

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Tendi, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo) in Ukraine. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 31 January 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=949. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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