automoderated, bloggers, Bureaucrats, Check users, emailconfirmed, Interface administrators, interviewers, moderator, news, nuke, Push subscription managers, quiz, Suppressors, Administrators, video
2,136
edits
Bunka (elephant): Difference between revisions
m
no edit summary
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Infobox animal|name=Bunka|image=Bunka elephant 3.jpg|species=Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)|gender=Male|birth_place=Tbilisi Zoo, Georgia|residence=Yerevan Zoo, Armeni|alt=Bunka the elephant at the Yerevan Zoo, Armeni. Photo: Mark Stratton|caption=Bunka the elephant at the Yerevan Zoo, Armeni. Photo: Mark Stratton|birth_date=Dec 30, 2007|parents=Mother: Malka Father: Bacho}} | |||
[[File:Bunka elephant 2.jpg|alt=Bunka at Yerevan Zoo, Armenia. Photo credit: Mark Stratton|thumb|Bunka at Yerevan Zoo, Armenia. Photo credit: [https://www.markstrattontravels.com/ Mark Stratton]]]'''Bunka''' '''is a solitary Asian [[elephant]]''' living in captivity at the Yerevan Zoo in Armenia. He was born in captivity to parents Malka and Bacho at the Tbilisi Zoo in Georgia on the 30 December 2007. Bunka's father Bacho died in August 2008 at Tbilisi Zoo of autointoxication caused by peritonitis and hemorrhagic of duodenum. | |||
Bunka was originally intended to be transferred to Antwerp Zoo but this did not go ahead, possibly as a result of biosecurity import restrictions at the time. Bukna was transferred to the Yerevan Zoo on the 9 July 2014<ref>[https://archive.ph/58nTY Elephant Bunka Has Left For Erevan Zoo]</ref> to replace Grand who was suffering with dental problems and two broken tusks. | Bunka was originally intended to be transferred to Antwerp Zoo but this did not go ahead, possibly as a result of biosecurity import restrictions at the time. Bukna was transferred to the Yerevan Zoo on the 9 July 2014<ref>[https://archive.ph/58nTY Elephant Bunka Has Left For Erevan Zoo]</ref> to replace Grand who was suffering with dental problems and two broken tusks. | ||