Rose-Tu

{{Short description|Asian elephant at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}} {{Infobox animal | name = Rose-Tu | image = Rose-Tu (cropped).jpg | image_upright = | landscape =  | alt =  | caption = Rose-Tu at the Oregon Zoo in 2007 | othername = | species = Asian elephant | breed = | sex = | birth_name =  | birth_date = August 31, 1994 | birth_place =  | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality =  | occupation = | employer = | role = | years_active = | known_for = | tricks = | awards = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | owner = | residence = Oregon Zoo (Portland, Oregon) | parents = {{flatlist| * Me-Tu * Hugo }} | mate = | children = Samudra (b. 2008)<br /> Lily (b. 2012 – d. 2018)<br /> Tula-Tu (b. 2025) | weight = | height = | appearance = | namedafter = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Rose-Tu''' (born August 31, 1994) is an Asian elephant at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Oregon, United States.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kahn (Jr.) |first1=Peter H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ToIZIuSl480C&dq=%22Rose-Tu%22+elephant&pg=PA124 |title=The Rediscovery of the Wild |last2=Hasbach |first2=Patricia H. |date=2013 |publisher=MIT Press |isbn=978-0-262-01873-9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rust |first1=Mary-Jayne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLJSDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Rose-Tu%22+elephant&pg=PT132 |title=Vital Signs: Psychological Responses to Ecological Crisis |last2=Totton |first2=Nick |date=2018-03-22 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-92372-2}}</ref> In April 2000, her keeper repeatedly struck her with his bullhook, and an exam shortly after the incident found 176 lacertions and puncture wounds on Rose-Tu. As a result, the keeper was dismissed from his position, convicted of second-degree animal abuse, and the Oregon Zoo was fined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Due to delays in prosecution, the Oregon Senate approved a bill that redefined animal cruelty laws in Oregon to allow evidence of physical wounds to be sufficient to prove animal abuse, a change from earlier laws that required that proof of "impairment of the physical condition or substantial pain".

Rose-Tu has had three offspring: a son, Samudra, in 2008, and two daughters, Lily and Tula-Tu in 2012 and 2025. Lily died in 2018 from elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus.

== History == [[File:Elephants-OregonZoo.jpg|thumb|Packy (''left'') and Rose-Tu (''right'') at the Oregon Zoo]]

=== Early life === Rose-Tu was born on August 31, 1994,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Friesen |first=Mark |date=2008-08-29 |title=Birth near, Rose-Tu 'looks tired' |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/special/2008/08/birth_near_rosetu_looks_tired.html |access-date=2025-02-20 |work=The Oregonian |archive-date=2025-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250220175946/https://www.oregonlive.com/special/2008/08/birth_near_rosetu_looks_tired.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Muldoon |first=Katy |date=2012-12-08 |title=In the big business of elephants, breeding is a key issue, Oregon Zoo finds |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2012/12/post_303.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512072209/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2012/12/post_303.html |archive-date=2024-05-12 |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=The Oregonian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-04 |title=Portland's baby elephant belongs to traveling show |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/portlands-baby-elephant-belongs-to-traveling-show/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=The Seattle Times}}</ref> to mother Me-Tu, the half-sister of Packy.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=1996-02-14 |title=Foot infections prove too much for zoo's Me-Tu |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbian-foot-infections-prove-too/166309793/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |work=The Columbian |pages=7 |agency=Associated Press |archive-date=2025-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250805041141/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbian-foot-infections-prove-too/166309793/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Her father Hugo was wild-born. Rose-Tu was one of twins, but her unnamed sibling died within an hour of its birth.<ref name=":0" /> Rose-Tu was approximately {{Convert|3|ft|m}} tall<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Bryan |date=1994-10-12 |title=A rose is a rose is a Rose-Tu |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-a-rose-is-a-rose-is-a-rose/166301468/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |work=The Oregonian |pages=17 |archive-date=2025-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250805040259/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-a-rose-is-a-rose-is-a-rose/166301468/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and weighed {{Convert|180|lb|kg}} at birth, forty pounds lower than average.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Muldoon |first=Katy |date=2007-10-02 |title=After pregnant pause, zoo expecting |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-after-pregnant-pause-zoo/166281501/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |work=The Oregonian |pages=B1, B5 |no-pp=y}}</ref> Her name was taken partially from her mother, partially in homage to Portland's nickname "City of Roses", and partially after her grandmother, a wild-born<ref name=":10">{{Harvnb|Rothfels|2021|p=89}}</ref> elephant whose name was Rosy (the first elephant ever to live in Oregon). Other shortlisted names included Asha, Jordan, Koofed, and Song.<ref name=":4" />

Rose-Tu was raised with the other female elephants at Oregon Zoo, particularly her mother, Sung-Surin, and Belle, the mother of Packy, In 1996, Me-Tu was euthanized due to foot rot.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> Belle was euthanized for similar reasons the following year. Rose-Tu was allowed to visit her body shortly after the procedure.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Hill |first=Richard L. |date=1997-04-23 |title=Belle's gone - but not forgotten |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-belles-gone-but-not-for/166309346/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |work=The Oregonian |pages=A1, A11 |no-pp=y |archive-date=2025-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250805040147/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-belles-gone-but-not-for/166309346/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In January 2000, the Oregon Zoo revised its policies on the use of bullhooks to mandate that the keepers use the hooks only with one hand. This decision came after a member of the public lodged a complaint with the Multnomah County Animal Control, alleging that they had seen a keeper hit Rose-Tu with a hook. The zoo and keeper were cleared of all charges, and the zoo's animal collection manager said that he supported the keeper's handling of the elephants.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anthony |first=Roger |date=2000-01-07 |title=Zoo cleared of cruelty charges against elephant |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-zoo-cleared-of-cruelty-cha/166314619/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |work=The Oregonian |pages=10}}</ref>

=== April 2000 abuse incident === On April 17, 2000, when Rose-Tu was five years old, Rose-Tu's keeper ordered her to move to a different part of the enclosure. When she did not, the keeper struck Rose-Tu repeatedly with a bullhook,<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Frasch |first=Pamela |date=2008-09-29 |title=The legal lesson of Rose-Tu and her calf |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-the-legal-lesson-of-rose-t/166283731/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |work=The Oregonian |pages=23 |archive-date=2025-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250805040134/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-the-legal-lesson-of-rose-t/166283731/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which was also inserted into Rose-Tu's anus.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Waisman |first1=Sonia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkQ7AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Rose-Tu%22+elephant |title=Animal Law: Cases and Materials |last2=Wagman |first2=Bruce A. |last3=Frasch |first3=Pamela D. |publisher=Carolina Academic Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-594-60226-9 |page=417 |orig-year=2002}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Baranko |first=Jessica |date=2011 |title=Here me roar: should universities use live animals as mascots? |journal=Marquette Sports Law Review |volume=21 |issue=2 |page=606}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite journal |last=Otto |first=Stephan K. |date=2005 |title=State Animal Protection Laws - The Next Generation |url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/anim11&i=137 |journal=Animal Law |volume=11 |page=143 |archive-date=2025-08-05 |access-date=2025-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250805040057/https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/anim11&i=137 |url-status=live }}</ref> An examination by another keeper after the incident identified 176 lacerations and puncture wounds on Rose-Tu,<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Anthony |first=Roger |date=2000-08-16 |title=Elephant keeper won't face charges |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-elephant-keeper-wont-face/166289077/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |work=The Oregonian |pages=B1, B6 |no-pp=y |archive-date=2025-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250805205903/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-elephant-keeper-wont-face/166289077/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1" /> but an exam by a veterinarian was not performed until April 19.<ref name=":2" /> The keeper was fired by the zoo,<ref name=":1" /> which he appealed. In a discipline hearing, he confirmed that he had used his own bullhook, not one provided by the zoo.<ref name=":2" />

Initially, the district attorney declined to charge the keeper because Rose-Tu, being an elephant, could not testify as to whether she felt pain during the incident.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /> The prosecutors eventually decided to use expert witnesses to testify that Rose-Tu had experienced pain, and the keeper pled no-contest to charges of second-degree animal abuse.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /> In response to the initial decisions by the prosecutor, the Animal Legal Defense Fund wrote a bill, sponsored by state senator Ryan Deckert, which proposed lowering the standard of evidence needed to prove animal abuse in cases concerning domestic animals, but not with those related to "livestock, animal husbandry, or veterinary practices".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nokes |first=R. Gregory |date=2001-01-25 |title=Animal abuse bill would aid prosecution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-animal-abuse-bill-would-ai/166288874/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |work=The Oregonian |pages=31 |archive-date=2025-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250805040149/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-animal-abuse-bill-would-ai/166288874/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The proposed law, Oregon Senate Bill 230, passed in 2001. It redefined the law in Oregon to classify evidence of physical trauma, not evidence of pain, as sufficient to prove animal abuse. Previously, the law had mandated prosecutors show either "impairment of the physical condition or substantial pain".<ref name=":8" /> The bill also made aggravated animal neglect in the first degree and prohibited the ownership of pets for five years after certain animal-abuse convictions.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-05-11 |title=Animal abuse bill, inspired by elephant, passes Senate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/albany-democrat-herald-animal-abuse-bill/166317452/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |work=Albany Democrat-Herald |pages=4 |agency=Associated Press |archive-date=2025-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806184954/https://www.newspapers.com/article/albany-democrat-herald-animal-abuse-bill/166317452/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

As a result of the incident, the Oregon Zoo was fined $10,000 by the U.S Department of Agriculture,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DGobAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Rose-Tu%22+abuse |title=The Animal's Agenda |date=2011-02-08 |publisher=Animal Rights Network |volume=21-22 |issue=2}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last=Nance |first=Susan |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/21987 |title=Entertaining Elephants |date=2013 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=978-1-4214-0873-6 |pages=232 |doi=10.1353/book.21987 |archive-date=2024-12-01 |access-date=2025-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201004821/https://muse.jhu.edu/book/21987 |url-status=live}}</ref> $5,000 of which was to be put aside to hire experts to review the zoo's elephant program. They also had to agree not to re-hire the former zookeeper.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2000-11-17 |title=Abuse of elephant costs zoo $10,000 |work=The Columbian |pages=C12 |id={{ProQuest|253051893}} |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> Additionally, the use of bullhooks and other physical hands-on forms of elephants management was revisited by the industry in light of the widespread negative attention the incident experienced.<ref name=":7" />

== Family == [[File:Baby Samudra and Rose-Tu (cropped).jpg|thumb|Rose-Tu with calf Samudra, 2008]]

Rose-Tu gave birth to a {{Convert|286|lb|kg|abbr=on}} male calf named Samudra on August 23, 2008.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fischer |first=Nancy Richardson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7k5BDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Rose-Tu%22+abuse&pg=PT351 |title=When Elephants Fly |date=2018-09-04 |publisher=Harlequin |isbn=978-1-4880-9526-9}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite book |last=Bradshaw |first=G. A. |author-link=Gay A. Bradshaw |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fFTi1VOMqicC&dq=%22Rose-Tu%22+elephant&pg=PA196 |title=Elephants on the Edge: What Animals Teach Us about Humanity |date=2009-10-06 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-15491-7 |pages=196}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Deml |first=Jenna |date=2024-08-24 |title=Oregon Zoo elephant celebrates Sweet 16 |url=https://www.koin.com/news/animals/oregon-zoo-elephant-celebrates-sweet-16/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=KOIN |archive-date=2024-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828234912/https://www.koin.com/news/animals/oregon-zoo-elephant-celebrates-sweet-16/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Samudra was the first third-generation elephant to be born in the U.S.<ref name=":12" /> His father was Tusko, a male elephant who had been loaned to Oregon Zoo in 2005. In the lead-up to Samudra's birth, zookeepers expressed concerns that none of the three cows at the zoo had previous experience as a mother.<ref name=":0" /> After his birth, Rose-Tu trampled on him and he was removed temporarily.<ref name=":9" />

Rose-Tu was mated again with Tusko and, in 2012, gave birth to a {{Convert|300|lb|kg|abbr=on}} female calf named Lily.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muldoon |first=Katy |date=2012-11-30 |title=Oregon Zoo elephant Rose-Tu delivers healthy, vocal female calf |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2012/11/oregon_zoo_elephant_delivers_h.html |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=The Oregonian |archive-date=2025-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218025815/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2012/11/oregon_zoo_elephant_delivers_h.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2012-12-11 |title=Rose-Tu's baby elephant's name is Lily, Oregon Zoo announces |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2012/12/post_36.html |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=The Oregonian |archive-date=2025-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250513163340/https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2012/12/post_36.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":10" /> Her name was chosen in an online poll.<ref name=":11" /> Shortly after Lily's birth, ''The Seattle Times'' reported that Lily, like her father, was owned, not by the Oregon Zoo, but by private elephant ranch Have Trunk Will Travel and that she could be removed from the zoo when she turned three. This was as a result of the agreement the Oregon Zoo made when they were loaned Tusko, where it was stipulated that half of Tusko's offspring would go to the zoo, and the other half to the ranch. Animal Defenders International and Bob Barker called for the zoo to keep Lily.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ross |first=Winston |date=2012-12-09 |title=Whose elephant is it? |work=The Daily Beast |id={{ProQuest|1678609516}}}}</ref> In 2013, the Oregon Zoo purchased both Lily and Tusko for $400,000 from Have Trunk Will Travel.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ross |first=Winston |date=2013-02-13 |title=Elephant Calf Lily Rescued by Oregon Zoo |work=The Daily Beast |id={{ProQuest|1657667845}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bradley |first=Carol |title=Last Chain on Billie: How One Extraordinary Elephant Escaped the Big Top |date=2014 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=978-1-250-02570-8 |edition= |location=New York}}</ref> Photographs of Rose-Tu and Lily were featured prominently in ''Elephant House'', a 2015 photo book about the lives of elephants at the Oregon Zoo.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Marcus |first=Hadas |date=2019 |title=Picturing Elephants in Captivity |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/janimalethics.9.1.0104 |journal=Journal of Animal Ethics |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=104–112 |doi=10.5406/janimalethics.9.1.0104 |jstor=10.5406/janimalethics.9.1.0104 |issn=2156-5414 |archive-date=2020-07-07 |access-date=2025-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707022448/https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/janimalethics.9.1.0104 |url-status=live|url-access=subscription }}</ref> On November 28, 2018, Lily was diagnosed with elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus. She started showing symptoms the next day, and died on late on November 29, 2018, one day before turning six.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Kale |date=2018-11-30 |title=Oregon Zoo staff stunned by sudden death of 6-year-old Asian elephant Lily |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2018/11/oregon-zoo-staff-stunned-by-sudden-death-of-6-year-old-asian-elephant-lily.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218025828/https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2018/11/oregon-zoo-staff-stunned-by-sudden-death-of-6-year-old-asian-elephant-lily.html |archive-date=2025-02-18 |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=The Oregonian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-30 |title=Six-Year-Old Elephant Lily Dies From Virus At Oregon Zoo |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/11/30/six-year-old-elephant-lily-dies-from-virus-at-oregon-zoo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250203185524/https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/11/30/six-year-old-elephant-lily-dies-from-virus-at-oregon-zoo/ |archive-date=2025-02-03 |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=Willamette Week}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Rothfels|2021|p=90}}</ref>

Rose-Tu's third pregnancy, this time with the then twenty-five year old Samson, was announced in November 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Acker |first=Lizzy |date=2023-11-15 |title=Elephant, rhino babies on the way |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-elephant-rhino-babies-on/166317410/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |work=The Oregonian |pages=A4 |archive-date=2025-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250805040813/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-elephant-rhino-babies-on/166317410/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She gave birth to Tula-Tu on February 1, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Acker |first=Lizzy |date=2025-02-13 |title=Portland's brand new baby elephant finally has her name |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/02/portlands-brand-new-baby-elephant-finally-has-her-name.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250214075300/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/02/portlands-brand-new-baby-elephant-finally-has-her-name.html |archive-date=2025-02-14 |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=The Oregonian}}</ref> During a segment on ''Today'', Jenna Bush Hager called Tula-Tu "the cutest animal of 2025".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Turnquist |first=Kristi |date=2025-02-04 |title='Today' show calls Oregon Zoo elephant calf 'cutest animal of 2025′: 'Move over, Moo Deng' |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2025/02/today-show-calls-oregon-zoo-elephant-calf-cutest-animal-of-2025-move-over-moo-deng.html |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=The Oregonian |archive-date=2025-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222041535/https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2025/02/today-show-calls-oregon-zoo-elephant-calf-cutest-animal-of-2025-move-over-moo-deng.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Tula-Tu made her public debut on February 21<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aljobory |first=Sana |date=2025-02-19 |title=Meet Tula-Tu: Oregon Zoo's baby elephant makes public debut amid conservation efforts |url=https://kval.com/news/local/meet-tula-tu-oregon-zoos-baby-elephant-makes-public-debut-amid-conservation-efforts |access-date=2025-02-19 |website= |publisher=KVAL-TV |archive-date=2025-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250220031641/https://kval.com/news/local/meet-tula-tu-oregon-zoos-baby-elephant-makes-public-debut-amid-conservation-efforts |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vondersmith |first=Jason |date=2025-02-19 |title=Want to see Oregon Zoo's baby Asian elephant Tula-Tu in all her cuteness? She'll be making her public debut |url=https://www.portlandtribune.com/lifestyle/want-to-see-oregon-zoos-baby-asian-elephant-tula-tu-in-all-her-cuteness-shell/article_52ecc974-eef7-11ef-8cbb-57d7f206981c.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250219194726/https://www.portlandtribune.com/lifestyle/want-to-see-oregon-zoos-baby-asian-elephant-tula-tu-in-all-her-cuteness-shell/article_52ecc974-eef7-11ef-8cbb-57d7f206981c.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 19, 2025 |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=Portland Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-02-21 |title=Tula-Tu makes her public debut at the Oregon Zoo |url=https://www.kptv.com/2025/02/21/tula-tu-makes-her-public-debut-oregon-zoo/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=KPTV |archive-date=2025-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250805040053/https://www.kptv.com/2025/02/21/tula-tu-makes-her-public-debut-oregon-zoo/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and that summer was selected as the grand marshal of the Portland Rose Festival's Grand Floral Parade.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Acker |first=Lizzy |date=2025-05-23 |title=City's cutest, and biggest, baby is grand marshal of Floral Parade |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-citys-cutest-and-biggest/187197392/ |access-date=2025-12-21 |work=The Oregonian |pages=A9 |archive-date=2026-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260106221848/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-citys-cutest-and-biggest/187197392/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== See also == * List of individual elephants * Gita, an elephant whose death was investigated by the United States Department of Agriculture * Ziggy, an elephant kept confined for nearly thirty years

==References== {{Reflist}}

=== Bibliography === * {{Cite book |last=Rothfels |first=Nigel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jGxIEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22rose-Tu%22+Oregon+-Tula-Tu&pg=PA89 |title=Elephant Trails: A History of Animals and Cultures |date=2021-11-30 |publisher=JHU Press |isbn=978-1-4214-4260-0}}

== External links == {{Commons category}} * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yIVJBUUFI4&list=PLN6JcdQ1hOOiEhd337Y0T4CZO0Jmlnshe Playlist of Rose-Tu and Tula-Tu] by the Oregon Zoo

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