Fritz
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Turin Royal Zoological Garden in Italy

dead elephant ☨ ♂ Fritz  dead elephant
Taxidermy locationTurin Regional Museum of Natural Science, Turin, Italy

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂

People killed:1: elephant keeper
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Freight:by ship from Alexandria in Egypt to the port of Genoa, from where it was walked to Turin.
Death
Dead: 1852
Death reason: killed: agressivness, killed its keeper
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Turin Royal Zoological Garden, in Italy

Date of arrival

Turin Royal Zoological Garden
from King Charles Felix of Sardinia

King Charles Felix of Sardinia
from Ibrahim Pasha

Record history
History of updates2021-07-01

Latest document update2021-07-01 14:37:11
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Biography

† Fritz is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1852 at Turin Royal Zoological Garden, in Italy, . Official death reason described as agressivness, killed its keeper.

Taxidermy locationThe Taxidermy remains of this animal is within the Taxidermy collection at Turin Regional Museum of Natural Science, in Turin, Italy.

Origin


Fritz was born wild at Asia unspecified location., by ship from Alexandria in Egypt to the port of Genoa, from where it was walked to Turin.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Fritz, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Turin Royal Zoological Garden in Italy. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 27 March 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10783. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories1852 deaths | Turin Regional Museum of Natural Science Taxidermy | Elephants from Turin Royal Zoological Garden | Italy | Mankillers | Asian elephants


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