Zitta
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Budapest Zoo in Hungary

Biography

☨ ♀ Zitta

Identification

EEP nr	8605

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 42 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1969 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2011-04-07
Death reason:	: bacterial infection and toxicozis
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Budapest Zoo, in Hungary

Date of arrival

1996-10-21	Budapest Zoo from Emmen Zoo

1986-05-12	Emmen Zoo from Wassenaar Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2011-04-07: dead 2012-07-31: alt death day 2012-09-02: corrected death date

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Zitta is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2011-04-07 at Budapest Zoo, in Hungary, . Official death reason described as bacterial infection and toxicozis.

Origin

Zitta was born wild 1969.

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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Zitta, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Budapest Zoo in Hungary. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=281. (archived at the Wayback machine)

EEG Magazine nr 19, July 2011, by http://www.elefanten-schutz-europa.de/'>European Elephant Group
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
Edward Zuiderwijk, Netherlands

Litterature about Budapest Zoo

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