Tuffi
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Circus Gruss in France

Biography

☨ ♀ Tuffi
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Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 43 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1946 wild
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1989
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Circus Gruss, in France

Date of arrival

1968-00-00	Circus Gruss from Circus Franz Althoff

Record history
History of updates	2023-09-27

Latest document update	2021-11-13 23:09:12

† Tuffi is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1989 at Circus Gruss, in France, .

Origin

Tuffi was born wild 1946 at Asia unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

Tuffi was 21 of Juli 1950 in the german town Wuppertal brought into Wuppertal Floating Train by her owner Franz Althoff. Tuffi panicked and broke the glass panes of the moving coach and landed in the Wupper River.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Tuffi, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Circus Gruss in France. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=194. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Page 152-154,
Jumbo auf dem Drahtseil - Elefanten dressuren von gestern und heute by Gerhard Zapf

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Categories1989 deaths | 1946 births | Elephants from Circus Gruss | France | Asian elephants

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