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[[File:Kashin the Elephant (9570744133).jpg|thumb|right|Kashin the elephant moneybox an incentive from ASB bank]]
[[File:Kashin the Elephant (9570744133).jpg|thumb|right|Kashin the elephant moneybox an incentive from ASB bank. "Put some cash in Kashin."]]
'''Kashin''' (November 1968 – 24 August 2009) was an [[Asian elephant]] who spent most of her life at [[Auckland Zoo]] in [[Auckland, New Zealand]]. She arrived from [[Como Park, Zoo, and Conservatory|Como Zoo]] in the United States in 1973 and remained at Auckland Zoo until her death.
'''Kashin''' (November 1968 – 24 August 2009) was an [[Asian elephant]] who spent most of her life at [[Auckland Zoo]] in [[Auckland]], New Zealand. She arrived from [[Como Park, Zoo, and Conservatory|Como Zoo]] in the United States in 1973 and remained at Auckland Zoo until her death.


[[ASB Bank]] brought Kashin to the zoo in 1973 and she is a mascot of the bank.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kashin the elephant |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16185/kashin-the-elephant |access-date=9 December 2024 |website=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]]}}</ref> Her name means "cash-in", which came from a competition to come up with a name for the elephant-shaped [[piggy banks]] the bank sent to primary schools.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 September 2009 |title='Cash in' name stuck |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/western-leader/2841832/Cash-in-name-stuck?videoId=6331791580112 |access-date=9 December 2024 |work=[[Western Leader]]}}</ref> She featured in the New Zealand produced television programme ''[[The Zoo (New Zealand TV series)|The Zoo]]''.
She was famous for being sponsored by [[ASB Bank]], and featured in the New Zealand produced television programme ''[[The Zoo (New Zealand TV series)|The Zoo]]''.


She was [[Animal euthanasia|euthanised]] on 24 August 2009 due to chronic [[arthritis]] and foot [[abscess]]es.<ref>{{cite news|first=Vaimoana|last=Tapaleao|url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10592969 | title= Kashin's health issues become too much to bear|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] | date=25 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10592907|title=Zoo closed as staff grieve for Kashin|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=24 August 2009|accessdate=2 September 2009}}</ref>
She was [[Animal euthanasia|euthanised]] on 24 August 2009 due to chronic [[arthritis]] and foot [[abscess]]es.<ref>{{cite news|first=Vaimoana|last=Tapaleao|url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10592969 | title= Kashin's health issues become too much to bear|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] | date=25 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10592907|title=Zoo closed as staff grieve for Kashin|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=24 August 2009|access-date=2 September 2009}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of individual elephants]]
* [[Burma (elephant)]]


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Latest revision as of 00:08, 21 December 2024

Kashin
Kashin in October 2007
SpeciesAsian elephant
SexFemale
BornNovember 1968
Died24 August 2009 (aged 40)
Nation from United States
OwnerAuckland Zoo
Named afterASB piggy bank;
"compassionate" in Hindi
Kashin the elephant moneybox an incentive from ASB bank. "Put some cash in Kashin."

Kashin (November 1968 – 24 August 2009) was an Asian elephant who spent most of her life at Auckland Zoo in Auckland, New Zealand. She arrived from Como Zoo in the United States in 1973 and remained at Auckland Zoo until her death.

ASB Bank brought Kashin to the zoo in 1973 and she is a mascot of the bank.[1] Her name means "cash-in", which came from a competition to come up with a name for the elephant-shaped piggy banks the bank sent to primary schools.[2] She featured in the New Zealand produced television programme The Zoo.

She was euthanised on 24 August 2009 due to chronic arthritis and foot abscesses.[3][4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kashin the elephant". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  2. ^ "'Cash in' name stuck". Western Leader. 8 September 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  3. ^ Tapaleao, Vaimoana (25 August 2009). "Kashin's health issues become too much to bear". The New Zealand Herald.
  4. ^ "Zoo closed as staff grieve for Kashin". The New Zealand Herald. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2009.


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