1. Lin Wang was an Asian elephant that served with the Chinese Expeditionary Force during the Second Sino-Japanese War and later relocated to Taiwan with the Kuomintang forces.
11 Facts About Lin Wang
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Lin Wang lived out most of his life in the Taipei Zoo and was the most famous animal of the zoo.
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The remaining three elephants, including Lin Wang, were relocated to a park in Guangzhou.
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Lin Wang took the three elephants with him, though one sick elephant died during the trip across the strait.
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In 1951 the other elephant died and Lin Wang became the only one left of the original thirteen elephants from the Burmese days.
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Lin Wang became the most famous and popular animal in Taiwan, and in 1983 the zoo threw the first birthday party for his sixty-sixth birthday.
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In early 2003 Lin Wang suffered arthritis on his left hind leg.
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Lin Wang started to lose appetite along with other complications.
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Lin Wang is the longest-living elephant in captivity, surpassing Lakshmikutty from India who reached the age of 84 before she died in 1997.
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Lin Wang's life mirrored important events in history, such as the wars in China and later the economic miracle of Taiwan, and three generations of people remember him fondly as a part of national identity.
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In 2004 Lin Wang was immortalised in a life-size specimen in Taipei Zoo credited to taxidermist, Lin-Wen Lung.