Dirndl
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kiev Zoo in Ukraine

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Dirndl  dead elephant
Alternative name: Lakhshmi

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ maybe about 38 years old (estimated age)
Origin
Born:* 1966? unknown
Birth place: in Karnataka unspecified location
Death
Dead: 2004-08-25
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Kiev Zoo, in Ukraine

Date of arrival

1998-08-04Kiev Zoo
from Munich Zoo

1997-09-30Munich Zoo
from Paris Zoo Vincennes

1997-05-06Paris Zoo Vincennes
from Munich Zoo

1968-08-08Munich Zoo
from Ruhr Zoo, Gelsenkirchen

1968-07-16Ruhr Zoo, Gelsenkirchen
from Firma Ruhe

1968-00-00Firma Ruhe 1968-00-00
from Mysore Zoo

1967-00-00Mysore Zoo
from Karnataka unspecified location

Record history
History of updates2022-03-08

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Dirndl is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2004-08-25 at Kiev Zoo, in Ukraine, .

Affiliated people

1: Dan Koehl (elephant keeper from 1991 to 1991)



Origin

Dirndl was born unknown 1966? at Karnataka unspecified location.


Comments / pictures

Dirndl is the German term for the special kind of old traditional shirt that Bavarian women sometimes wear, with stuffed arms and a rather large opened decolletage.


Contradictory records:

Previous claims that Dirndl was captive born in Mysore Zoo, has so far not been verified.

Dirndl had white tail hairs.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Dirndl, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kiev Zoo in Ukraine. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1276. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories2004 deaths | 1966 births | Born in India | Elephants from Kiev Zoo | Ukraine | Asian elephants


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