Grete
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Menagerie du Paris Jardin des Plantes in France

Biography

☨ ♀ Grete

Alternative name:	Parkie

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 34 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1782 wild
Birth place:	in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Capture:	1784
Imported:	1784 by Dutch East India Company
Freight:	by ship from Ceylon, arriving at the port of Flushing in 1786.
Death
Dead:	†1816-03-15
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Menagerie du Paris Jardin des Plantes, in France

Date of arrival

1798-03-23	Menagerie du Paris Jardin des Plantes from Het Oude Loo menagerie

1786-07-17	Het Oude Loo menagerie from Het kleine Loo menagerie

1784-00-00	Het kleine Loo menagerie from Dutch East India Company

1784-00-00	Dutch East India Company from Port of Colombo

	Port of Colombo from Sri Lanka unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2021-09-16

Latest document update	2021-09-15 14:09:45
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† Grete is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1816-03-15 at Menagerie du Paris Jardin des Plantes, in France, .

Origin

Grete was born wild 1782 at Sri Lanka unspecified location, captured 1784 . and imported 1784 by Dutch East India Company, by ship from Ceylon, arriving at the port of Flushing in 1786.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Grete, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Menagerie du Paris Jardin des Plantes in France. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3524. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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