Harry
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
South Africa unspecified location in South Africa

Biography

☨ ♂ Harry

Identification


Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies:	Elephas maximus indicus
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Origin
Born:	* unknown
Birth place:	in Cambodia unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1951
Death location:	Cape Town
Death reason:	unknown:
Burial:	1951-00-00, at the sea outside Cape Town
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	South Africa unspecified location, in South Africa

Date of arrival

1951-00-00	South Africa unspecified location from Phnom Penh royal palace

1951-00-00	Phnom Penh royal palace from South Africa unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2020-10-22

Latest document update	2022-05-29 03:48:29
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† Harry is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1951 at South Africa unspecified location, in South Africa, .

Origin

Harry was born unknown at Cambodia unspecified location.

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1951 Sihanouk, to show his appreciation of America’s strong stance on decolonisation in general and Cambodia’s bid for freedom from the last vestiges of French rule in particular, presented a white elephant to US President Harry Truman. Ok, so Truman was a Democrat and Sihanouk was sending him a Republican icon, but it’s the thought that counts. The elephant was named Harry, a home was prepared for him at Washington zoo, and all seemed to be going well until … Harry died in Cape Town and was buried at sea.

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Harry, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at South Africa unspecified location in South Africa. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10476. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://pjcoggan.wordpress.com/2016/01/09/the-last-white-elephant/

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