Winthida
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Naples Fuorigrotta Zoo in Italy

Biography

☨ ♀ Winthida

Alternative name:	Tida, Win Thida

Identification

EEP nr	6705

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 51 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1967-04-19 unknown
Birth place:	in Myanmar unspecified location
Imported:	1990 by E.A.G. van den Brink
Freight:	By boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam
Death
Dead:	†2018-07-05?
Death reason:	disease: heart attack
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1988-06-28	♀ Jula (Juliana) EEP id: 8806
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Naples Fuorigrotta Zoo, in Italy

Date of arrival

2015-11-28	Naples Fuorigrotta Zoo from Copenhagen Zoo

2012-09-10	Copenhagen Zoo from Amsterdam Artis Zoo

2004-10-11	Amsterdam Artis Zoo from Arnhem Zoo (Burgers Zoo)

2002-07-18	Arnhem Zoo (Burgers Zoo) from Rotterdam Zoo

2002-06-23	Rotterdam Zoo from Amersfoort Zoo

2001-10-11	Amersfoort Zoo 2001-10-11 from Rotterdam Zoo

2001-10-03	Rotterdam Zoo from Amersfoort Zoo

1997-09-16	Amersfoort Zoo from Rotterdam Zoo

1997-05-13	Rotterdam Zoo from Amersfoort Zoo

1989-06-05	Amersfoort Zoo from Yangon Zoo (Rangoon Zoo)

1989-00-00	Yangon Zoo (Rangoon Zoo) from E.A.G. van den Brink

0000-00-00	E.A.G. van den Brink from Myanmar Timber Enterprise (MTE)

Record history
History of updates	2012-09-11: transferred 2013-02-21: arr vdb 2017-03-06: transferred, news links, picture 2018-04-07: arr date Naples, prev locations 2018-07-06: death report, uncertain date 2021-09-16: Importer van den Brink

Latest document update	2021-09-16 18:53:08
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† Winthida is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2018-07-05? at Naples Fuorigrotta Zoo, in Italy, . Official death reason described as heart attack.

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

Origin

Winthida was born unknown 1967-04-19 at Myanmar unspecified location. and imported 1990 by E.A.G. van den Brink, By boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam

Comments / pictures

Date is uncertain

Winthida and Jula came directly from the Rotterdam harbour to AmersfoortDeath

Winthida on elephant-news.com

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Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Winthida, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Naples Fuorigrotta Zoo in Italy. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 13 November 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=331. (archived at the Wayback machine)