Birma
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Magdeburg Zoo in Germany

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Birma  dead elephant


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Identification

EEP nr7303

Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 49 years old
Status:confiscated
Origin
Born:* 1969
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 2018-09-05
Death reason: euthanised: collapsed
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Magdeburg Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1973-01-08Magdeburg Zoo
from Circus Probst

Record history
History of updates2025-03-17:

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Birma is a dead confiscated Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2018-09-05 at Magdeburg Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as collapsed.

Origin

Birma was born 1969.


Comments / pictures

Confiscated 1973 from Circus Probst

1990: Second outbreak (first 1971) of elephant smallpox. Fortunately she went through it and survived.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Birma, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Magdeburg Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1290. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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