Artaida an Asian elephant at Sofia Zoo

♀ Artaida
Petra Prager, Berlin, Germany.
Alternative name:	Arteida

Identification

EEP nr	8103

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ maybe about 61 years old (estimated age)
Status:	single
Management:	Unknown
Origin
Born:	* 1960? wild
Birth place:
Locations
Present / last location:	Sofia Zoo, in Bulgaria

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

2004-11-16	Sofia Zoo from Ruhr Zoo, Gelsenkirchen Ruhr Zoo, Gelsenkirchen 1982-04-06 from Circus Carl Althoff

Document updated	2018-12-03: link to EleWiki submitted 2021-01-03: Changed arrival date to Gelsenkirchen 2021-02-05: corr birth year
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Description

Location

Artaida is a living single Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), located at Sofia Zoo, in Bulgaria.

Artaida arrived Sofia Zoo 2004-11-16, relocated from Ruhr Zoo, Gelsenkirchen, in Germany.

In Sofia Zoo, Artaida lives as single living elephant at this location (see detailed list).

Artaida was born wild 1960?.

Comments / pictures

1961: Came to Carl Althoff in group, together with Patra, Carla, Eutina, Mama Dou, India, Yoga and Vana.

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Artaida, an Asian elephant at Sofia Zoo in Bulgaria. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 10 May 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=387. (archived at the Wayback machine)