Heeman (Heman)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo in Australia

Biography

☨ ♂ Heeman (Heman)


Identification

ASMP nr	41

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 50 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1956 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2006-12-28
Death reason:	disease: toxins produced from an acute gastro-intestinal infection
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo, in Australia

Date of arrival

2005-11-05	Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo from Sydney Zoo

1963-02-01	Sydney Zoo from Ridgeways circus

	Ridgeways circus from Mayfields Kennels and Zoo (H.H. de Souza)

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-18:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Heeman (Heman) is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2006-12-28 at Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo, in Australia, . Official death reason described as toxins produced from an acute gastro-intestinal infection.

Origin

Heeman (Heman) was born wild 1956.

Comments / pictures

They (Ridgeways) also had a bull called HEMEN , but they never took delivery of him because they were frightened of bulls
Tony Ratcliffe, 2013.

2006-12-28: Heman was found dead by his keepers. News article about Hemans death in Dubbo Wstern Plains Zoo

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Heeman (Heman), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1301. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Tony Ratcliffe

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