August an Asian elephant at Paris Zoo Vincennes

☨ ♀ August
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ < 1, unknown age
Id number	EEP Number: 7601
Origin
Born:	* 1976-03-13 captive-born
Birth place:	in Paris Zoo Vincennes

Parents:	♂ Siam x ♀ Billy
Death
Dead date:	† 1976-08
Death reason:	killed: by the elephant cow Saram
Locations
Present / last location:	Paris Zoo Vincennes, in France

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

1976-03-13	Paris Zoo Vincennes

Document updated	2009-09-27
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Description

† August is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant, (Elephas maximus), who died at Paris Zoo Vincennes, in France, of killed in 1976-08. Official death reason described as by the elephant cow Saram. (see detailed list).

Origin

August was born captive-born 1976-03-13 at Paris Zoo Vincennes.

Parentage

Parents of August are: ♂ Siam (father) and ♀ Billy (mother).

Siblings through the father Siam:

1963-02-15 -- † 1994-12-23 (M) Sahib Fridolin
1965-08-04 -- † 1984-06-21 (F) Madura
1972-06-17 -- † 1972-06-17 () stillborn
1972-08-13 -- † 1972-08-13 (F) stillborn
1978-06-21 -- † 2018/2019? (M) Kim
1982-06-12 -- † 2000-04-16 (F) Kuala
1987-03-28 -- † 1987-04-21 (F) Lola
1989-02-28 -- † 1997-09-25 (M) John (Ben)
1990-03-31 -- † 2000-06-19 (M) Poona (Salem)
1992-03-27 -- † 2009-10-29 (M) Sammy
1993-10-01(F) Nina
1996-03-17 -- † 1996-03-17 (F) stillborn (twin)
1996-07-01 -- † 1996-07-01 (M) stillborn (twin)
1998-05-04(M) Thisiam

Siblings through the mother Billy:

1978-06-21 - † 2018/2019? (M) Kim
1982-06-12 - † 2000-04-16 (F) Kuala
1987-03-28 - † 1987-04-21 (F) Lola
1989-02-28 - † 1997-09-25 (M) John (Ben)
1992-03-27 - † 2009-10-29 (M) Sammy

Pedigree

**Augusts pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
August	Sire: Siam	Sire:	Sire:
		Sire:	Dame:
		Dame:	Sire:
		Dame:	Dame:
	Dame: Billy	Sire:	Sire:
		Sire:	Dame:
		Dame:	Sire:
		Dame:	Dame:

Comments / pictures

Contradictory records:
EEG state this elephant was killed after five months by the elephant Saram
EEP state it was a stillbirth, (dead same date as the birth 1976-03-13)

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). August, an Asian at Paris Zoo Vincennes in France. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=179. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, EEG: Haufellner, Kurt, Schilfarth, Schweiger

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Categories1976 deaths | 1976 births | Elephants from Paris Zoo Vincennes | France | Asian elephants

This document was updated: 2020-10-18 06:25:24