Taku
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Circus Krone in Germany

Biography

☨ ♂ Taku

Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 12 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1953-00-00 wild
Birth place:	in Africa unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1965-09-26
Death reason:	euthanised: aggressive on tour in Hamburg
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Circus Krone, in Germany

Date of arrival

1957-00-00	Circus Krone
Record history
History of updates	2024-05-21:

Latest document update	2025-03-14 18:51:35
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† Taku is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1965-09-26 at Circus Krone, in Germany, . Official death reason described as aggressive on tour in Hamburg.

Casualties

1 casualties

1965: elephant keeper N.N. Bauvig attacked by Taku. the danish elephant keeper Bauvig severly, on tour in Hamburg. N.N. Bauvig Survived.

Origin

Comments / pictures

Baptized by Eva Bartok in Berlin.
1965: Attacked the danish elephant keeper Bauvig severly, on tour in Hamburg.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Taku, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Circus Krone in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1497. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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