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Chengalloor Dakshayani (c.1930 – 5 February 2019) was a female Asian elephant owned by Travancore Devaswom Board and kept at the Chenkalloor Mahadeva Temple in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, India, which at the time of her death on 5 February 2019 was believed to be the oldest elephant in captivity in Asia. She was also known as Gaja Raja ...
On Nov. 1, the zoo’s elderly Asian elephant, Kamala, was euthanized. This comes after she was diagnosed […] Asian elephant Kamala dies at Smithsonian’s National Zoo
Mangalamkunnu Karnan (born 1957–1961 – died 28 January 2021) was an elephant owned by the family which owns the largest number of captive elephants in Kerala, only behind Guruvayur devaswom. [1]
In 2004, Kamala's daughter, Maharani, gave birth to Kamala's grandchild, a female elephant posthumously named Keemaya. [16] Kamala and Maharani rejected her shortly after birth, with Maharani displaying confusion and aggression. The baby was given blood transfusions and antibiotics to help her fight an infection, [17] but she died soon after ...
A beloved elephant at the National Zoo named Kamala was euthanized Saturday in D.C. — setting off a flurry of jokes about the wild timing, as Vice President Kamala Harris is facing former ...
Twinning, or, having two babies per pregnancy, is extremely rare in elephants. Elephant gestations result in twins about 1% of the time. Unfortunately, even when both calves survive birth, both ...
Padmanabhan is also known for fetching the highest amount an elephant can fetch for a festival in Kerala at that time. The elephant received ₹2,22,222 to participate in the April 2004 Vallangi festival at Nemmara village. On 26 February 2020, Padmanabhan died of age-related complications at the age of 80. [5]
The deaths of 10 elephants in three days in a national park in central India has raised alarm among conservationists. The animals, part of a herd of 13 elephants, died over 29-31 October at the ...