Boy
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Munich Zoo in Germany

1. 1929: elephant trainer Gustav Hundrieser attacked by Boy. On Circus Hagenbeck Gustav Hundrieser Survived. Boy was transferred to Munich Zoo.
2. 1933-05-01: director Heinz Heck attacked by Boy. Heinz Heck Survived.

1. (M) 1932-05-08 -- † 1943-11-22 Wastl EEP id: 3202
2. (F) 1934-12-31 -- † 1968-12-09 Stasi EEP id: 3403
3. (M) 1935-06-18 -- † 1946-04-25 Seppl EEP id: 3501
4. (F) 1935-06-24 -- † 1935-06-24 stillborn EEP id: 3502
5. (F) 1935-06-27 -- † 1935-06-27 stillborn EEP id: 3503

Boy was born wild 1910.

Attacked the elephant trainer Hundrieser On Circus Hagenbeck, why he was transfered to Munich Zoo. Here he mated cows already by the year of nine.

1933-05-01 he attacked an elephant keeper and the director Heinz Heck.

1938-02: He broke his tusks, had his nerves out. He wasn't to rescue anymore so they shot him.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• height: Henry Merker, Tiergarten-Forum
  
• Peter Stolk, Netherlands
  
• Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling

Recommended Litterature:

Relevant links

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• List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
• More elephants from: Munich Zoo
• More elephants from: Germany
• More elephants that was born: 1910
• More elephants that died: 1938-02-00
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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