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Sex: Male | * Sex: Male | ||
* Species: African Elephant | |||
* Date of Birth: 1996 | |||
* Place of Birth: Africa | |||
* Location of capture: Unknown, Africa | |||
* Date of capture: 1998 | |||
* Age at capture: 2 | |||
* Captive at: Delhi Zoo, India | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
[[File:Shankar Elephant.jpg|alt=Shankar the elephant at Delhi Zoo, India. Photo: Youth for Animals|thumb|Shankar the elephant at Delhi Zoo, India. Photo: [https://youthforanimals.org/ Youth for Animals]]]In 1998, an elephant aged 2 was captured in Africa and presented to the Minister of State for Environment & Forests, Shri Babu Lal Marandi in India by the High Commissioner of Zimbabwe. Shri Babu Lal Marandi named the young elephant "Shankar". | [[File:Shankar Elephant.jpg|alt=Shankar the elephant at Delhi Zoo, India. Photo: Youth for Animals|thumb|Shankar the elephant at Delhi Zoo, India. Photo: [https://youthforanimals.org/ Youth for Animals]]]In 1998, an elephant aged 2 was captured in Africa and presented to the Minister of State for Environment & Forests, Shri Babu Lal Marandi in India by the High Commissioner of Zimbabwe. Shri Babu Lal Marandi named the young elephant "Shankar". | ||