Auckland zoo elephant names. Two adult males natuk and brunus and an adult female natasha had to be euthanised. Auckland zoo is certified carbonzero and qualmark accredited envirogold. He was a male named rajah from hobart.
Auckland zoo exhibited its first male elephant in 1930. His name was chimo and he was born in the early sixties. From elephants rhinos and giraffes to lions tigers and red pandas find out more about our mammals.
Unfortunately rajah had had a lit cigarette pushed up his nose in hobart making him dangerous and unmanageable. Auckland zoo currently has two elephants burma who arrived in 1990 and anjalee who came from pinnawala elephant orphanage in 2015. The matriarch of the zoo family elephant kashin one of auckland zoos oldest and most recognisable residents has died age 40.
She has matured into a lovely gentle elephant and while still very energetic and playful is slightly less mischievous than anjalee. Now in her 30s burma who arrived at auckland zoo in 1990 is the elder of these two beautiful pachyderms. She was euthanized on.
Learn more animals birds. The name of the elephant was kashin a female asian that was brought to the zoo in 1972.