Lakshmi
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Berlin Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Lakshmi

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 41 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1955 wild
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1996
Death reason:	disease: heart, circulation
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Berlin Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1957-08-08	Berlin Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-20: casualties

Latest document update	2025-03-13 17:43:36
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† Lakshmi is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1996 at Berlin Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as heart, circulation.

Casualties

1 casualties

1996-01-03: elephant keeper Clemens Reckmann attacked by Lakshmi. Clemens Reckmann Survived. severe injures. Lakshmi was dead shortly afterwards.

Origin

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Lakshmi, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Berlin Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2272. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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