August
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Munich Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♂ August

Identification

EEP nr	3602

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 17 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1936-08-08 captive-born
Birth place:	in Leipzig Zoo

Parents:	♂ Jacky x ♀ Nelly II (Baby)
Death
Dead:	†1953-07-31
Death reason:	euthanised: shot by director Heinz Heck
Offspring
Total: 2 babies

1. Born 1951-07-28 (dead † 1951-07-28)	♀ stillborn (twin) EEP id: 5103

2. Born 1951-08-10 (dead † 1951-08-10)	♀ stillborn (twin) EEP id: 5107
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Munich Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1946-09-18	Munich Zoo from Nuremberg Zoo

1939-05-09	Nuremberg Zoo from Firma Ruhe

1939-04-00	Firma Ruhe from Leipzig Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† August is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1953-07-31 at Munich Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as shot by director Heinz Heck.

Casualties

1 casualties

1953-07-28: elephant keeper Eduard Soukop attacked by August. Eduard Soukop Survived. 1953-07-31: August was shot by director Heinz Heck.

Offspring

Total: 2 babies

(F) 1951-07-28 -- † 1951-07-28 stillborn (twin) EEP id: 5103
(F) 1951-08-10 -- † 1951-08-10 stillborn (twin) EEP id: 5107

Origin

August was born captive-born 1936-08-08 at Leipzig Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of August are: ♂ Jacky (father) and ♀ Nelly II (Baby) (mother).

Siblings through the father Jacky:

1932-01-29 -- † 1964-00-00 (F) Minyak
1934-05-01 -- † 1965-09-13 (F) Maja

Pedigree

**Augusts ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
August	Sire (f): Jacky Born: 1899	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Nelly II (Baby) Born: 1925-03-00	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Benga Born: 1910-1915	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Benga Born: 1910-1915	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

1953-07-28: Attacked the elephant keeper Eduard Soukop.
1953-07-31: shot by director Heinz Heck.

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

3602 M 8 Aug 1936 JACKY NELLY2 LEIPZIG 8 Aug 1936 NONE Birth August
L RUHE ~ 1939 NONE Transfer
NURNBERG 21 Apr 1939 M00517 Transfer
MUNICH 18 Sep 1946 NONE Transfer
31 Jul 1953 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). August, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Munich Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1285. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Page 226, 227 Wilde Tiere frei Haus by Hermann Ruhe (in german)

Litterature about Munich Zoo

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