Peggy
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Nuremberg Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Peggy

Identification

EEP nr	0603

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 45 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1917-00-00 wild
Birth place:
Capture:	1925
Death
Dead:	†1962-03-05
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Nuremberg Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1946-09-18	Nuremberg Zoo from Munich Zoo

1929-00-00	Munich Zoo from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

Record history
History of updates	2022-08-21

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Peggy is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1962-03-05 at Nuremberg Zoo, in Germany, .

Origin

Peggy was born wild 1917-00-00, captured 1925 .

Comments / pictures

Records about Peggy from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Peggy:

0603 F 18 Sep 1906 WILD WILD WILD ~ 1925 NONE Capture PEGGY
HAMBURG 5 Nov 1926 NONE Transfer
MUNICH ~ 1929 NONE Transfer
NURNBERG 18 Sep 1946 M00524 Transfer
5 Mar 1962 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Peggy, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Nuremberg Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1557. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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