Wastl at Berlin Zoo
| † Wastl | ID Number: | EEP Number: 3202 - | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Species: | Asian elephant | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sex and age: | Male ♂ 11 years old | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dead date: | † 1943-11-22, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Death reason: | killed: shot, after he escaped from the elephant house, after it was bombed | People killed: | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Berlin Zoo | |||||||||||||||||||
| Arrived | Berlin Zoo 1939-03-21 from Munich Zoo (Munchner Tierpark Hellabrunn) Munich Zoo (Munchner Tierpark Hellabrunn) 1932-05-08 from | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born: | 1932-05-08 captive-born in Munich Zoo (Munchner Tierpark Hellabrunn) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Birth weight (kgs and pounds): | 50.00 kgs, 110.00 lbs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parents: | Boy x Cora | |||||||||||||||||||
| Siblings through the father Boy: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Siblings through the mother Cora: |
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| Document updated | 2012-06-16:Â | |||||||||||||||||||
A very early birth, only 50 kgs heavy, and the mother had no milk by the birth. During the first two weeks handreared by elephant keeper Hans Werner, later succesfully introduced to the mother. Mankiller: killed the elephant keeper Hans Werner 1938-07-17 by six year of age. 1. EEG state arrival in Berlin 21.3, while other sources state arrival 31.3 2. Some sources state that he was shot during the bombings. (EEG) Sources, among others
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