Benga
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Benga

Identification

EEP nr	8407

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 33 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1966 wild
Birth place:
Capture:	1970
Death
Dead:	†1999-07-15
Death reason:	disease: Bacterial infection
Offspring
Total: 2 babies

1. Born 1981-07-00	♀ Baby

2. Born 1996-01-09 (dead † 1996-01-09)	♂ stillborn
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen), in Germany

Date of arrival

	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) from Rotterdam Zoo

1985-05-00	Rotterdam Zoo from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

1984-05-27	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) from Circus Kendler

Record history
History of updates	2024-12-12: updated director 2025-03-17: FC

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Benga is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1999-07-15 at Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen), in Germany, . Official death reason described as Bacterial infection.

Offspring

Total: 2 babies

Origin

Benga was born wild 1966, captured 1970 .

Comments / pictures

Benga was sent to Rotterdam in the eighties for cover, which was unsuccesful.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Benga, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1326. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Litterature about Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

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