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Dunk (elephant)

Dunk (elephant)
1861 - 1917
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Birthday 30th November, 1860
Died 30th March, 1917

Dunk (c. 1861 – March 30, 1917), a tuskless, male Asian elephant (known as a "makhna") possibly from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), was the first elephant to reside at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. He was given to the National Zoo on April 30, 1891 by James E. Cooper, owner and manager of the Adam Forepaugh Circus.

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