Julius an Asian elephant at Copenhagen Zoo

☨ ♂ Julius
Ellen and Julius
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 9 years old
Id number	EEP Number: 1203
Status:	foot problems
Origin
Born:	* 1912-04-06 captive-born
Birth place:	in Copenhagen Zoo

Parents:	♂ Chang x ♀ Ellen
Death
Dead date:	† 1921-09-17
Death reason:	euthanised: with morphine, autopsy showed sepsis
Locations
Present / last location:	Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

1912-04-06	Copenhagen Zoo

Document updated	2012-06-13:
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Description

† Julius is a dead foot problems Male ♂ Asian elephant, (Elephas maximus), who died at Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark, of euthanised in 1921-09-17. Official death reason described as with morphine, autopsy showed sepsis. (see detailed list).

Origin

Julius was born captive-born 1912-04-06 at Copenhagen Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Julius are: ♂ Chang (father) and ♀ Ellen (mother).

Siblings through the father Chang:

1907-12-09 -- † 1927-03-00 (M) Kaspar
1916-04-03 -- † 1916-04-25 (M) Lauritz

Siblings through the mother Ellen:

1907-12-09 - † 1927-03-00 (M) Kaspar
1916-04-03 - † 1916-04-25 (M) Lauritz

Pedigree

**Juliuss pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Julius	Sire: Chang	Sire:	Sire:
		Sire:	Dame:
		Dame:	Sire:
		Dame:	Dame:
	Dame: Ellen	Sire:	Sire:
		Sire:	Dame:
		Dame:	Sire:
		Dame:	Dame:

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Contradictory records:
Some sources state 15 september as death date.

Named after Julius Schiött, director in Copenhagen Zoo.

Fell to the floor 1921-09-02 because of problems in the legs.
Could not raise again, and therefore euthanised.

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

1203 M 6 Apr 1912 721 952 COPENHAGE 6 Apr 1912 10369 Birth Julius
17 Sep 1921 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Julius, an Asian at Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1162. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, EEG: Haufellner, Kurt, Schilfarth, Schweiger

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Categories1921 deaths | 1912 births | Elephants from Copenhagen Zoo | Denmark | Asian elephants

This document was updated: 2020-10-18 06:25:24