Pira
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Joy Gärtner in Croatia

Biography
♀ Pira
Identification
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀more than 59 years old (minimum age)
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* <1966 wild
Birth place:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Joy Gärtner, in Croatia
Date of arrival
2005-11-26Joy Gärtner
from Circus Giovanni Althoff
1981-00-00Circus Giovanni Althoff
from Circus Carl Althoff
Record history
History of updates2020-11-08
Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24

Biography

Pira is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Joy Gärtner, in Croatia.

Pira arrived in 2005-11-26 to the Joy Gärtner, relocated from the Circus Giovanni Althoff, in Germany.


Social

Pira lives together with 2 other elephants at the Joy Gärtner: (detailed list)

  1. ♀ Belinda born <1966
  2. ♀ Thai born 1966


Origin

Pira was born wild <1966.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Pira, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Joy Gärtner in Croatia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=233. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

  • Survey 2008 - Elephants in European circuses published by European Elephant Group: Tobias Dornbusch, Jürgen Schilfarth

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