Katinka (Tinka,Tinca)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Emmen Zoo in Netherlands

Biography

☨ ♀ Katinka (Tinka,Tinca)

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 28 years old
Status:	foot problems
Origin
Born:	* 1933 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1961-07-03
Death reason:	euthanised: shot, because of arthritis
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Emmen Zoo, in Netherlands

Date of arrival

1939-05-31	Emmen Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2023-07-01

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Katinka (Tinka,Tinca) is a dead foot problems Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1961-07-03 at Emmen Zoo, in Netherlands, . Official death reason described as shot, because of arthritis.

Origin

Katinka (Tinka,Tinca) was born wild 1933.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Katinka (Tinka,Tinca), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Emmen Zoo in Netherlands. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4013. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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