† Isah (Isjah) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1944-12-14 at Tilburg Zoo, in Netherlands, . Official death reason described as because of the war.
Isah (Isjah) was born wild . and imported 1933, by ship from
Probably born in Sumatra. She walked in 1933 with a military Mahout 500 kilometers through the forests of Atjeh (Sumatra) to a harbor were she was shipped to Holland. In Arnhem, Isah was kept together with the young bull Willy. Keepers were unable to successfully introduce the two, therefore Isah was transferred the next month to Tilburg. There her name was changed to Isjah.
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