The death of Hussein is tragic... Who will be the bull going to Plackendael then?![]()
In addition to the great bull Hussein, the cow Htoo Kin Aye of Emmen zoo has died as well as her three week old calf.
The Elephant Commentator -> Emmen Zoo, NL
Moeder olifant en pasgeboren jong overleden Dierenpark Emmen
Chester's Asian Elephant bull, 'Upali' left today for Dublin. He has sired four calves at Chester and his replacement will be a bull from Seville later in the year. So at present Chester have a young male 'Nayan' (Offspring of 'Upali') and six females, Thi, Maya, Jangolie, Sithami, Sundara and Jamilah.
Also Dublin's young bull should move to Antwerp soon (Or he has?) and then in time to Denver.![]()
I wish Upali well at his new home at Dublin Zoo. Jordon, you state that Upali sired four calves during his time at Chester, I could only think of three,i.e. Raman, unfortunately deceased,Nayan and Jamila. I checked with the elephant data base and as well as the three mentioned they also list Upali as being the father of Sundara, who Sithami gave birth to in 2004 when only 6 years old herself, wasn't it a case of Chang being Sundara's father?