Mädi
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Vienna Zoo in Austria

Biography

☨ ♀ Mädi


Identification

EEP nr	0601

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 38 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1906-07-14 captive-born
Birth place:	in Vienna Zoo

Parents:	♂ Pepi II x ♀ Mitzi
Death
Dead:	†1944-05-15
Death reason:	euthanised: shot because of enteritis
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Vienna Zoo, in Austria

Date of arrival

1906-07-14	Vienna Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2021-11-16

Latest document update	2023-10-31 09:48:47
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† Mädi is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1944-05-15 at Vienna Zoo, in Austria, . Official death reason described as shot because of enteritis.

Origin

Mädi was born captive-born 1906-07-14 at Vienna Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Mädi are: ♂ Pepi II (father) and ♀ Mitzi (mother).

Siblings through the father Pepi II:

1910-05-31 -- † 1910-05-31 (F) stillborn
1911-06-01 -- † 1916-03-03 (F) Greti
1914-05-31 -- † 1915-04-01 (F) Lori

Siblings through the mother Mitzi:

1911-06-01 - † 1916-03-03 (F) Greti
1914-05-31 - † 1915-04-01 (F) Lori

Pedigree

**Mädis ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Mädi	Sire (f): Pepi II Born: 1890	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Mitzi Born: 1890	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

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

0601 F 14 Jul 1906 901 902 VIENNA 14 Jul 1906 NONE Birth Madi
15 May 1944 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Mädi, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Vienna Zoo in Austria. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 January 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1262. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling

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