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NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL STUDBOOK - ASIAN ELEPHANT 3
General Information about the Asian Elephant Studbook Update
A. Geographic Scope of Studbook Update - This report contains information on 725
Asian elephants belonging to, or once belonging to:
1. American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) participating institutions - These
are institutions that have met the accreditation standards of AZA and, through
AZA’s Full Member Participation Process, participate in the Elephant TAG/SSP.
2. Non-AZA Member Participating Institutions - These are institutions that are not,
or have chosen not to be, accredited by the AZA. However, through an
application process, they have been approved to participate in the Elephant
TAG/SSP.
3. Non-AZA institutions and Private holders - These are institutions and individuals
who are not, or have chosen not to be, accredited by AZA. Additionally, they
have not been given and/or have not applied for non-AZA member participation
status; however they have agreed to share their collection information with the
Elephant TAG/SSP.
AZA participating institutions and Non-AZA participating institutions hold all of the Asian
elephants managed by the Elephant TAG/SSP. No TAG/SSP recommendations are made for
animals held by Non-AZA institutions or Private holders. All of the holders of Asian elephants
listed in this studbook are located in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
B. Time Scale - the data set presented in this Studbook is current through 31 August 2010.
C. Description of Data Fields -
• Stud # - a number assigned to each animal in the studbook. The numbers have not
been assigned chronologically by age.
• Sex - “M” = male, “m” = neutered male, “F” = female, “?” - unknown or
unverified.
• Birth Date - Many wild caught animals have estimated birth dates and these are
indicated using a “ �“ symbol in front of the date. “????” represent that a
verifiable estimated birth date was not available and has not been established.
• Sire/Dam - “WILD” indicates that the Studbook animal was wild caught and its
parents were unknown free-ranging individuals. “UNK” indicates that the
Studbook animal was captive born, outside of North America, and its parents are
unknown captive individuals.“MULT” is used for several animals where the true
sire, one of two individuals, has not been firmly established.
• Location - This field documents movement of the individual animals from its first
location to its current or last known location. “UNKNOWN” indicates that the
animal exists or existed but its location has not been confirmed. A complete
listing of all location abbreviations may be found under the Institutional Listing
section beginning on page 5.
• Date - The field documents when the above “Location” events took place. “????”
indicates no information was provided.