Berga (Börga)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Rhenen Zoo in Netherlands

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Berga (Börga)  dead elephant
Berga, Nellie & Robbie. Ouwehhand
Berga, Nellie & Robbie. Ouwehhand's Dierenpark Rhenen 04/1940. Photo: © Peter Stolk
Identification
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ maybe about 15 years old (estimated age)
Origin
Born:* 1930? wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: †1945-04-00
Death reason: killed: shot by German soldiers
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Rhenen Zoo, in Netherlands
Date of arrival
Rhenen Zoo
Record history
History of updates2025-03-18:
Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Berga (Börga) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1945-04-00 at Rhenen Zoo, in Netherlands, . Official death reason described as shot by German soldiers.

Origin

Berga (Börga) was born wild 1930?.


Comments / pictures

1930: Berga or Börga was born around 1930.

1945: Berga was killed in April 1945, shot by German soldiers during World War II.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Berga (Börga), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Rhenen Zoo in Netherlands. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4071. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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