Gunda
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Bronx Zoo in United States

Biography

☨ ♂ Gunda
Gunda (left) probably in 1905 or 1906

Identification

SSP nr	399

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 18 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1897 wild
Birth place:	in Assam unspecified forest
Death
Dead:	†1915-06-21
Death reason:	euthanised: shot, aggressive
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Bronx Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

1904-07-02	Bronx Zoo from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

1903-00-00	Firma Carl Hagenbeck from Sonepur Fair

	Sonepur Fair from Assam unspecified forest

Record history
History of updates	2024-12-12: pictures from 1978 & 81 2025-03-17:

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

† Gunda is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1915-06-21 at Bronx Zoo, in United States, . Official death reason described as shot, aggressive.

Origin

Gunda was born wild 1897 at Assam unspecified forest.

Comments / pictures

Origin: Assam. Gunda came from hagenbeck with his Mahout Kodah Bux. Mr Bux was sent back after a week.

"In 1913 he nearly killed keeper Walter Thurman. From that point on, the zoo kept him chained inside the elephant house."
Chang Reynolds

Gunda was shot by the game hunter Carl Akeley.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Gunda, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Bronx Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2444. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
Richard Chiger
Chang Reynolds
60 years of chains still

Litterature about Bronx Zoo

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