Jack
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Amsterdam Artis Zoo in Netherlands

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Jack  dead elephant
Museum locations
Present / last location:Groote museum, in Netherlands

Date of arrival

Groote museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Identification


Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead: 1849-08-08
Death reason: shot legally by officials: when aggressive and unruly , shot by zoo staff, founder Westerman among them, to prevent escape or other problems
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Amsterdam Artis Zoo, in Netherlands

Date of arrival

1839-00-00Amsterdam Artis Zoo
from Menagerie van Aken

Record history
History of updates2025-03-18:

Latest document update2025-03-05 08:30:10
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† Jack is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1849-08-08 at Amsterdam Artis Zoo, in Netherlands, . Official death reason described as when aggressive and unruly , shot by zoo staff, founder Westerman among them, to prevent escape or other problems.

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Groote museum, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.


Origin

Jack was born wild at Asia unspecified location.


Comments / pictures

Jack came from menagerie Cornelis van Aken and was the first elephant of Artis.

Difficault to handle, and destrying his enclosure and escaping on several occasions, he was finally shot during his last escape by a Policeman.

His Skeleton is exhibited at the Groote museum.

Jack in Amsterdam Artis Zoo

This may be a drawing of Jack.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Jack, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Amsterdam Artis Zoo in Netherlands. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2260. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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