Buka
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Straubing Zoo (Tiergarten Straubing) in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Buka

Identification

EEP nr	3512

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 10 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1935 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1945-02-15
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Straubing Zoo (Tiergarten Straubing), in Germany

Date of arrival

1944-05-03	Straubing Zoo (Tiergarten Straubing) from Nuremberg Zoo

1939-05-09	Nuremberg Zoo from Firma Ruhe

Record history
History of updates	0000-00-00

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Buka is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1945-02-15 at Straubing Zoo (Tiergarten Straubing), in Germany, .

Origin

Buka was born wild 1935.

Comments / pictures

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

3512 F ~ 1935 WILD WILD WILD ~ 1939 NONE Capture BUKA
NURNBERG 9 May 1939 M00522 Transfer
STRAUBING 3 May 1944 NONE Transfer
15 Feb 1945 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Buka, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Straubing Zoo (Tiergarten Straubing) in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1001. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Page 226, 227 Wilde Tiere frei Haus by Hermann Ruhe (in german)

Litterature about Straubing Zoo (Tiergarten Straubing)

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List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
More elephants from: Straubing Zoo (Tiergarten Straubing)
More elephants from: Germany
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More elephants that died: 1945-02-15
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