Siri
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Knies Kinderzoo in Switzerland

Biography

☨ ♀ Siri

Identification

EEP nr	6316

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 52 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1963-06-00 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2015-06-24
Death reason:	euthanised: because of Cancer
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Knies Kinderzoo, in Switzerland

Date of arrival

2015-00-00	Knies Kinderzoo from Circus Knie

1992-06-01	Circus Knie from Zurich Zoo

1992-05-26	Zurich Zoo from Circus Knie

1970-00-00	Circus Knie from Unknown

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Siri is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2015-06-24 at Knies Kinderzoo, in Switzerland, . Official death reason described as because of Cancer.

Origin

Siri was born wild 1963-06-00.

Comments / pictures

Checkup: arrival, EEG states 1967-07-07?

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Siri, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Knies Kinderzoo in Switzerland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1638. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Siri (Google Translated version)

Litterature about Knies Kinderzoo

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Links

Siri at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
Link to translated version with Google Translate

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