Ranchipur, the Zoo's Bull Asian Elephant seems very popular, lots of people seem to have stories about him, so I thought he ought to have his own thread. He just had his fiftieth birthday, which is neat: Party for a Pachyderm: Male Asian Elephant?s 50th Birthday Celebrated at San Diego Zoo – ZOONOOZ Where is he from originally? I know he is probably a mainland Elephant rather than a member of the Sri Lankan subspecies because he has tusks.