Relocated elephants from Heidelberg Zoo in Germany

Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival Departure	Present location	Import
Heidelberg Zoo had previously 6 elephants relocated to new location.
1	♀ EM - Jenny EEP id: 8314	FC: Born wild 1983	2006-07-27 2009-11-20	Karlsruhe Zoo	1990
2	† ♀ EM - Ilona EEP id: 8307	dead: Born wild 1962-11-00 Dead: 2014-03-31, 52 yrs Reason: euthanised: artrosis	2004-09-28 2009-11-19	Karlsruhe Zoo	1963
3	♂ EM - Gandhi EEP id: 200605	PC: Born captive-born 2006-03-20	2011-04-01 2018-11-08	La Palmyre Zoo
4	♂ EM - Voi Nam EEP id: 200203	PC: Born captive-born 2002-04-05	2010-06-24 2015-05-12	Leipzig Zoo
5	♂ EM - Tarak EEP id: 200514	PC: Born captive-born 2005-10-28	2010-06-22 2022-07-12	Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo)
6	♂ EM - Thai EEP id: 200408	PC: Born captive-born 2004-11-26	2010-06-21 2014-08-12	Zurich Zoo

Source for the list of elephants relocated, previously living at Heidelberg Zoo

Facts about previously kept elephants, relocated from Heidelberg Zoo in Germany, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 28 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=161 (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this list:
Latest update	Name of elephant	Source (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2021-01-01	Ilona:	• http://presse.karlsruhe.de/db/meldungen/veranstaltung/elefantin_ilona_wurde_eingeschlafert.html • Lars Klett, head elephantkeeper, Karlsruhe Zoo • Stefan Aspegren, head elephantkeeper, Heidelberg Zoo • Daniel Hagist • Ryan Easley, USA • "Ilona's transport from Hannover Zoo to Heidelberg," Elephant-News.com, 2004-09-28 • http://zooelefant.de/pages/deutsche-zoos/zoo-karlsruhe/elefanten-in-karlsruhe/ilona.php
2020-06-27	Voi Nam:	• https://elefanten-fotolexikon.eu/profile/europa/deutschland/leipzig-zoo-leipzig/voi-nam/?fbclid=IwAR0r9gNhWS6X6l420mlqvLPpSYNmklLodYEVKeryDSsnbXMFC6lIAnCGZck
2018-11-09	Gandhi:	• Peter Stolk, Netherlands
2018-04-09	Jenny:	• Stefan Aspegren, head elephantkeeper, Heidelberg Zoo • Daniel Hagist, Karlsruhe, Germany • Ryan Easley, USA • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling • G van den Brink
2012-07-31	Tarak:	• EEG Magazine nr 18, Jan 2010, by European Elephant Group

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