Betja
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Vienna Zoo in Austria

Biography

☨ ♀ Betja

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1945
Death reason:	euthanised: lethal wounds in the trunk from bombs
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Vienna Zoo, in Austria

Date of arrival

1945-00-00	Vienna Zoo from Circus Krone

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-18:

Latest document update	2021-09-26 10:25:48
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† Betja is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1945 at Vienna Zoo, in Austria, . Official death reason described as lethal wounds in the trunk from bombs.

Origin

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Betja, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Vienna Zoo in Austria. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1495. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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