Rhanee
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau) in Poland

Biography

☨ ♀ Rhanee
Photo © Anna Gorczyńska, Wroclaw Zoo.

Identification

EEP nr	8714

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 41 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1970 wild
Birth place:
Capture:	1986
Death
Dead:	†2011-07-30
Death reason:	euthanised: liver problems
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau), in Poland

Date of arrival

2007-10-24	Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau) from Valwo Zoo (Valladolid)

2000-04-13	Valwo Zoo (Valladolid) from Estepona Selwo safari park

1999-10-22	Estepona Selwo safari park from Elche (Rio Safari Elche)

1999-02-23	Elche (Rio Safari Elche) from Chipperfield organisation (Chilworth)

1997-10-02	Chipperfield organisation (Chilworth) from Twycross Zoo

1996-11-10	Twycross Zoo 1996-11-10 from Chipperfield organisation (Chilworth)

1995-03-02	Chipperfield organisation (Chilworth) from Longleat Safari Park

1992-01-01	Longleat Safari Park from Woburn Safari Park

1987-00-00	Woburn Safari Park from Mary Chipperfield’s Circus

1971-00-00	Mary Chipperfield’s Circus from Dudley Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2009-03-24: previous locations, arrival dates 2011-07-30: death 2011-07-31: death reason 2011-11-08: picture 2012-09-06: corr prev loc

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Rhanee is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2011-07-30 at Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau), in Poland, . Official death reason described as liver problems.

Origin

Rhanee was born wild 1970, captured 1986 .

Comments / pictures

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

8714 F ~ 1970 WILD WILD WILD ~ 1971 NONE Capture RHANNY
CIRCUS ~ 1971 NONE Transfer
WOBURNLTD 1 Jan 1987 NONE Transfer
LONGLEAT 1 Jan 1992 NONE Transfer
CHILWORTH 2 Mar 1995 NONE Transfer
TWYCROSS 10 Nov 1996 2009 Loan to
CHILWORTH 2 Oct 1997 NONE Transfer
ELCHE SAF 23 Feb 1999 NONE Transfer
ESTEPONA 22 Oct 1999 1E4 Transfer
VALWO 13 Apr 2000 1E4 Loan to
WROCLAW 25 Oct 2007 207226 Transfer

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Rhanee, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau) in Poland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1896. (archived at the Wayback machine)