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

Biography

☨ ♂ Baby
Baby the elephant and the hippo (from Circus Kludsky) got along well in Prague Zoo

Identification

EEP nr	3302

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 28 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1932 wild
Birth place:	in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Imported:	1933 by Firma Carl Hagenbeck
Death
Dead:	†1960-06-00
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Kiev Zoo, in Ukraine

Date of arrival

1954-09-05	Kiev Zoo from Leningrad Zoo (St. Petersburg Zoo)

1951-09-10	Leningrad Zoo (St. Petersburg Zoo) from Zoocentrum Moskwa (Objed)

1951-08-28	Zoocentrum Moskwa (Objed) from Prague Zoo (Zoo Praha)

1933-07-17	Prague Zoo (Zoo Praha) from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

1933-00-00	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) from Port of Hamburg

1933-00-00	Port of Hamburg 1933-00-00 from Port of Colombo

1933-00-00	Port of Colombo from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

1933-00-00	Firma Carl Hagenbeck from John Hagenbeck & Co.

1933-00-00	John Hagenbeck & Co. from Sri Lanka unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2022-03-08

Latest document update	2021-09-17 05:53:08
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† Baby is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1960-06-00 at Kiev Zoo, in Ukraine, .

Origin

Baby was born wild 1932 at Sri Lanka unspecified location. and imported 1933 by Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Comments / pictures

Contradictory records:

According to Kirill Trantin, Kiev Zoo, alternative sources mention that Baby arrived in Kiev 28th of August 1954.

Records about Baby from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Baby:

3302 M ~ 1932 WILD WILD WILD ???? NONE Capture Baby
PRAHA 17 Jul 1933 NONE Transfer
ZOO OBJED 28 Aug 1951 NONE Transfer
ST PETERS 10 Sep 1951 MK0101 Transfer
KYIV ZOO 5 Sep 1954 990007 Transfer
~ Jun 1960 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Baby, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kiev Zoo in Ukraine. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=938. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Saminda Prashath, Colombo
Elephants from CR and SR (Zoo Usti nad Labem)
Jana Havlová
87-year history of elephants maintenance in Kyiv Zoo, Ukraine, by Kirill Trantin, Kiev Zoo

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List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
More elephants from: Kiev Zoo
More elephants from: Ukraine
More elephants that was born: 1932
More elephants that was imported: 1933
More elephants that died: 1960-06-00
All breeding cows
All breeding bulls
The elephant database startpage. Statistics
List of all captive born elephants in the database

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