Tina
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Belfast Zoo in United Kingdom

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Tina  dead elephant

Identification

EEP nr6613

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 52 years old
Origin
Born:* 1965 wild
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Capture: 1966
Death
Dead: 2017-11-05
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Belfast Zoo, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

1966-06-14Belfast Zoo
from Tyseley Pet Stores

Record history
History of updates2023-10-27

Latest document update2022-05-16 05:42:48
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† Tina is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2017-11-05 at Belfast Zoo, in United Kingdom, .

Origin

Tina was born wild 1965 at Asia unspecified location, captured 1966 .


Comments / pictures

1966: Tina arrived at Belfast Zoo in 1966 from Tyseley Pet Store in Birmingham, with a shipping cost of £20.

In April 2009, 48 year old Jenny and 36 year old Dunja were 'retired' to the Belfast Zoo from their home in Hannover. Both were previous circus elephants (Dunja was confiscated by German officials from Circus Montecarlo) and will be joining 32 year old Yhetoo and 44 year old Tina. Tina has has resided in Belfast since 1966, while Yhetoo arrived in January 2009 from the Krefeld Zoo in Germany. In 2009, the zoo in Northern Ireland changed their management program to protected contact and care for non-breeding females at the recommendation of Europe's Asian Elephant breeding program.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Tina, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Belfast Zoo in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1297. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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