Maia
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Asuncion Zoo in Paraguay

Biography

☨ ♀ Maia
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Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 49 years old

People killed:	1: Guillermo Gonzalez
Origin
Born:	* 1971 wild
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†2020-02-08
Death reason:	age: heart failure
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Asuncion Zoo, in Paraguay

Date of arrival

	Asuncion Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-16:

Latest document update	2021-09-26 10:32:44

† Maia is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2020-02-08 at Asuncion Zoo, in Paraguay, . Official death reason described as heart failure.

Casualties

1 casualties

2006-01-31: visitor Guillermo Gonzalez fatal attack by Maia. a teenage visitor that went into her enclosure in order to feed her a Mango. Mala trapped Guillermo with the trunk, taking him by the legs and then crushing him with one of its front feet † Guillermo Gonzalez Died 2006-01-31

Origin

Comments / pictures

1972: arrived in Paraguay
2006: The female elephant Maya in Asuncion Zoo killed Guillermo Gonzalez in january 2006, a teenage visitor that went into her enclosure in order to feed her a Mango.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Maia, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Asuncion Zoo in Paraguay. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1784. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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