Moritz
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Platschow Elefantenhof in Germany

1. 2007-03-10: animal trainer Erwin Frankello Jr. attacked by Moritz. during feeding grabbed Frank and pushed him into a wall, then tusked him in the stomach with one tusk. Erwin Frankello Jr. Survived. severe inner injuries, long and intensive operation at hospital, where he had to stay during several months. Moritz was transferred to Protected Contact.

Moritz was born wild 1985. and imported 1988 by George Munro

News article about Moritz arrival to Platschow.


In March 2007 Moritz attacked Erwin Frank.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

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

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Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Platschow Elefantenhof
• More elephants from: Germany
• More elephants that was born: 1985
• More elephants that was imported: 1988
• More elephants that died: 2015-08-27
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

• Moritz 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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