Lacksemie
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Dresden Zoo in Germany

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Lacksemie  dead elephant

Alternative name: Lakshmi

Identification


Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀, unknown age, unknown age
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead: 1945-02-14
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Dresden Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1944-09-16Dresden Zoo
from Poznan Zoo

1943-06-15Poznan Zoo
from Wuppertal Zoo

Record history
History of updates2025-03-16:
2025-03-17:

Latest document update2025-03-13 16:13:37
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† Lacksemie is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1945-02-14 at Dresden Zoo, in Germany, .

Casualties

1 casualties
  1. 1941: elephant keeper unknown elephantkeeper fatal attack by Lacksemie. crushed the keeper against the wall † unknown elephantkeeper Died


Origin

Lacksemie was born wild at Asia unspecified location.


Comments / pictures


Contradictory records:

Jonas Livet writes on http://www.asianelephant.net/dresden/dresden.htm# that she came from Poznan Zoo 16.09.44, and died in Dresden 14.02.1945.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Lacksemie, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Dresden Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 1 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=127. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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