Assam
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo) in Ukraine

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Assam  dead elephant

Identification

EEP nr6703

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 48 years old
Body height: 3.25 meter, 10.7 feet
Origin
Born:* 1952 wild
Birth place:
Capture: 1953
Death
Dead: 2000-01-26
Death reason: anesthesia: after operation for foot problemss
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1979-04-21
(dead † 1979-04-21)
stillborn
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo), in Ukraine

Date of arrival

1968-08-06Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo)
from Moscow Zoo

1964-00-00Moscow Zoo
from Circus Krone

Record history
History of updates2020-10-17

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Assam is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2000-01-26 at Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo), in Ukraine, . Official death reason described as after operation for foot problemss.

Offspring


Total: 1 babies

  1. () 1979-04-21 -- † 1979-04-21 stillborn


Origin

Assam was born wild 1952, captured 1953 .


Comments / pictures

In Charkow he sired the cow Tutta, but unfortunately both the baby and the mother died during the birth 1979.


Contradictory records:

  • According to "Von der Menagerie zum größten Circus Europas: Krone", Klaus-Dieter Kürschner, Assam was located at Circus Krone in Germany between 1956 and 1964, when on tour in Russia, he was sold to Moskow Zoo after he had attacked the circus director Mr. Sembach.
  • EEP state he arrived Circus krone in 1954, and was transfered to "Mobil Zoo" 1964 from Krone, and from there to Kharkiv in 1968-08-06.
  • EEG state he came to Kharkiv 1968 (from Krone?)
  • Reference list

    References

    Koehl, Dan, (2024). Assam, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo) in Ukraine. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=951. (archived at the Wayback machine)


    Sources used for this article is among others:

    • height: Henry Merker, Tiergarten-Forum
    • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
    • "Von der Menagerie zum größten Circus Europas: Krone", Klaus-Dieter Kürschner, Ullstein, Berlin, 1998, ISBN 3-550-06936-7


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    Categories2000 deaths | 1952 births | Breeding bulls | 1953 captures | Elephants from Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo) | Ukraine | Asian elephants


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