Salim (Salem)
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Berlin Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♂ Salim (Salem)
Salim by killing elephant keeper Gunter Lenz 1963

Identification


Description

Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 23 years old

People killed:	1: 1963-08-05: Günther Lenz.
Origin
Born:	* 1952 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1975
Death reason:	euthanised: aggressive
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Berlin Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1955-00-00	Berlin Zoo from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

Record history
History of updates	2021-12-20

Latest document update	2021-01-31 13:41:27
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† Salim (Salem) is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1975 at Berlin Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as aggressive.

Origin

Salim (Salem) was born wild 1952.

Comments / pictures

1963-08-05: Killed the elephant keeper Günther Lenz.

Salim (Salem) in Berlin Zoo

Günther Lenz

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Salim (Salem), African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Berlin Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3960. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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