Cocos Island Animal Quarantine Station in Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Cocos Island Animal Quarantine Station
Type	camp

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Country	Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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Veterinarians

Elephant department

Head keepers of elephants

Elephant keepers
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History of updates	2020-10-19

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11
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Cocos Island Animal Quarantine Station, Cocos (Keeling) Islands .

Comments / picturesUnder a joint collaboration between the Melbourne and Taronga Zoos, eight elephants were imported from Thailand’s successful and large domestic breeding population. Legal action and protests, located in both Thailand and Australia, delayed the elephants’ importation for two years after quarantine in both southern Thailand and the Cocos Islands. Diplomatic and ministerial negotiations between the two countries succeeded and, in November 2006, the eight animals were flown to the Avalon Airport by a Russian Ilyushin cargo plane and delivered to their new homes via tray trucks. Females Num-Oi, Kulab and Dokkoon found new home in Melbourne, while females Tong Dee, Tang Mao, Porntip, and Pak Boon and male Gung made residence in Sydney.

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