Vauka
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Kronberg Opel Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♂ Vauka

Identification

EEP nr	5501

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 22 years old
Body height:	3.40 meter, 11.2 feet
Origin
Born:	* 1955 wild
Birth place:	in Africa unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1977-10-00
Death reason:	euthanised: agressive and the stalls were not good enough to keep him
Offspring
Total: 2 babies

1. Born 1965-08-28 (dead † 1982)	♀ Afrika EEP id: 6502

2. Born 1968-04-15 (dead † 1981)	♂ Afrikano EEP id: 6808
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Kronberg Opel Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1955-06-01	Kronberg Opel Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2012-02-29: height 2025-03-13: Born in Africa

Latest document update	2025-03-13 15:21:15
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† Vauka is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1977-10-00 at Kronberg Opel Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as agressive and the stalls were not good enough to keep him.

Offspring

Total: 2 babies

Origin

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Vauka, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Kronberg Opel Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3222. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Height: Henry Merker, Tiergarten-Forum
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
Peter Stolk, Netherlands
African Elephant Studbook, Europe Regional EEP
by Amelia Terkel, Zoological center Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Israel

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