Rhani
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Leipzig Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Rhani
Stephanie Wroben, Germany

Identification

EEP nr	5606

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 54 years old
Status:	foot problems
Origin
Born:	* 1954-01-00 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2008-06-13
Death reason:	euthanised: foot abcess
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Leipzig Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1956-09-01	Leipzig Zoo from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

Record history
History of updates	2009-10-29:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Rhani is a dead foot problems Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2008-06-13 at Leipzig Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as foot abcess.

Origin

Rhani was born wild 1954-01-00.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Rhani, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Leipzig Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=406. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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