It was reported in today's Korean news that the male asian elephant "Bok-dong" in Dalseong Park Zoo in Daegu was pass away by heart attack on August 4th, Korean time. He was born in 1974, and on September 10, 1975, Daesung Industrial donated it to Dalseong Park and has been there until now...
Dalseong Park Zoo is a zoo in Daegu, South Korea. It is known for its old facilities and poor animal welfare but has been scheduled to undergo a big change in years to come. These are the animals in Dalseong Park Zoo I’ve seen in June 2023.
Deer Enclosure (사슴사): Guanaco, Formosan Sika Deer...
There seems to be hardly any information about domestic elephants in Asia on this forum, quite strange.
"More elephants are used for tourism in Thailand - over 3,000 - than anywhere else. Unlike other countries with captive populations, those in Thailand are nearly all privately owned. So the...
Australasian Asian Elephant Population 2023
Introduction
Asian elephants are currently held at seven Australasian facilities.
Auckland Zoo has plans to phase out elephants in the near future; as do Perth Zoo. Neither zoo has stated yet where their elephants will be going - though Werribee...
The Asian Elephant known as Chengalloor Ranganathan carried the main idol during Thrissur's Arttupuzha Pooram from 1906 to 1914. After his death his skeleton was preserved in the State Museum in Kerala's Thrissur district. He was of record size being comparable to Raja Gaj and a full foot taller...