Targa
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Augsburg Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Targa

Identification

EEP nr	8711

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 67 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1955 wild
Birth place:	in India unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†2022-10-11
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Augsburg Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1987-11-04	Augsburg Zoo from Osnabruck Zoo

1961-04-27	Osnabruck Zoo from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

1961-00-00	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) from Port of Hamburg

1961-00-00	Port of Hamburg from India unspecified port

	India unspecified port from India unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2020-09-27

Latest document update	2022-10-10 17:50:30
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† Targa is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2022-10-11 at Augsburg Zoo, in Germany, .

Origin

Targa was born wild 1955 at India unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

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

8711 F ~ 1955 WILD WILD WILD ~ 1955 NONE Capture Targa
OSNABRUCK 27 Apr 1961 264 Transfer
AUGSBURG 4 Nov 1987 8786 Transfer

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Targa, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Augsburg Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=17. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Michael Mettler, <a href="http://www.tiergarten.com/forum.php?go=view&BeitragsID=616&thema=&subthema=&subsub=">Forum Tiergarten.com</a>, 2012.
*EEP
*https://www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de/inhalt.augsburger-zoo-freundin-gestorben-deutschlands-aeltester-elefant-nun-allein.a55a03c5-5efb-4ce1-a1ae-b34db528f160.html
https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/augsburg/augsburg-zooelefant-targa-einer-der-aeltesten-der-welt-ist-tot-id64203886.html
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Targa (Google Translated version)

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Internal relevant links

List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
More elephants from: Augsburg Zoo
More elephants from: Germany
More elephants that was born: 1955
More elephants that died: 2022-10-11
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All breeding bulls
The elephant database startpage. Statistics
List of all captive born elephants in the database

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Targa at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
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