Danka
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Alexandria Zoo in Egypt

1. 1995-02-03: elephant keeper Uwe Rothe fatal attack by Danka. squeezed Rothe with her head against a wooden wall † Uwe Rothe Died 1995-02-03

Danka was born wild 1966 at Asia unspecified location, captured 1969 .

1995-02-03: Killed the elephant headkeeper Uwe Rothe, by headbutting him against a wall

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Peter Stolk, Netherlands
• <a href="http://www.leszoosdanslemonde.com/leszoosdanslemonde/europe/allemagne/saarbrucken/saarbrucken_2003.htm#elephants">Jonas Livet</a>
• Zoologischer Garten der Landeshauptstadt Saarbrücken - Jahresbericht 1995
• http://www.zeit.de/1995/13/Danka_darf_nicht_sterben

Recommended Litterature:

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
• elephant mankillers, elephants that has killed humans. List of elephant mankillers
• More elephants from: Alexandria Zoo
• More elephants from: Egypt
• More elephants that was born: 1966
• More elephants that was captured: 1969
• More elephants that died: 1996-04-00
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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