ManyulaThe Salvadorean Elephant

BIOGRAPHY

Name: Manyula (original name was Manduli)

Born: 1952 - Calculta, India

Specie: Asian Elephant

Arrived: June 15, 1955

Location: San Salvador Zoo

Dead date: September 21, 2010

Death reason: cardiac/respiratory arrest due to kidney failure

Two Zoo keepers were killed by Manyula on 1977 and 1992

News from 1955, when Manyula was introduced to

the salvadoreans.

Birthday number 55, her last celebration

Manyula's monument at Minerva neighbourhood park.

October 29, 2011

Why was Manyula so popular?

Manyula was an icon of El Salvador's culture, who survived 2 wars

(Honduras war in 1969, and the civil war 1980 - 1992), 3 earthquakes, 4

hurricanes.