Krishna
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Wuppertal Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♂ Krishna


Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Origin
Born:	* unknown
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1940
Death location:	Wuppertal Zoo
Death reason:	shot: shot during loading on a transport in 1940 after he destroyed the transport container.
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Wuppertal Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1927-05-27	Wuppertal Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17: 2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2022-07-16 05:58:09
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† Krishna is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1940 at Wuppertal Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as shot during loading on a transport in 1940 after he destroyed the transport container..

Origin

Krishna was born unknown .

Comments / pictures

In May 1927 the elephant house was completed and on May 27th the Asian elephant couple "Krishna" and "Lakshmi" moved in together. Krishna was shot during loading on a transport in 1940 after he destroyed the transport container.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Krishna, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Wuppertal Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10495. (archived at the Wayback machine)