India
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Lodz Zoo in Poland

Biography

☨ ♀ India

Identification

EEP nr	6307

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 47 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1961 wild
Birth place:
Capture:	1963
Imported:	1963 by George Munro
Death
Dead:	†2008-05-26
Death reason:	euthanised: foot problemss
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Lodz Zoo, in Poland

Date of arrival

1963-05-04	Lodz Zoo from George Munro

Record history
History of updates	2021-03-22

Latest document update	2021-09-18 12:48:06
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† India is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2008-05-26 at Lodz Zoo, in Poland, . Official death reason described as foot problemss.

Origin

India was born wild 1961, captured 1963 . and imported 1963 by George Munro

Comments / pictures

Contradictory records:

EEG state birth 1958/59, and arrival in Lodz april 1963.

Records about India from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant India:

6307 F ~ Nov 1961 WILD WILD WILD ~ 1963 NONE Capture Parent India
MUNRO G ~ Jan 1963 NONE Transfer
LODZ 4 May 1963 1155 Transfer

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). India, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Lodz Zoo in Poland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=289. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Jana Havlová
EEG Magazine nr 16, Dec 2009, by http://www.elefanten-schutz-europa.de/'>European Elephant Group
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling

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