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

♀ Kewa
Photo: Petra Prager, Berlin, Germany.

Identification

EEP nr	8302

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies:	Elephas maximus indicus
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 39 years old
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 1983-00-00 captive-born
Birth place:	in Myanmar unspecified location
Imported:	1990 by E.A.G. van den Brink
Freight:	By boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam.
Offspring
Total: 6 babies

1. Born 1998-01-17 (dead † 1998-01-17)	♂ stillborn EEP id: 9812

2. Born 2001-11-02	♀ Temi EEP id: 200104

3. Born 2005-05-08	♂ Yuma (Yoma) EEP id: 200508

4. Born 2008-12-13	♀ Thuza EEP id: 200811

5. Born 2012-06-01	♀ Pantha EEP id: 201209

6. Born 2016-01-01	♂ Edgar EEP id: 201601
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Leipzig Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

2020-09-24	Leipzig Zoo from Tierpark Berlin

1990-09-13	Tierpark Berlin from Soest Zoo

	Soest Zoo from E.A.G. van den Brink

	E.A.G. van den Brink from Yangon Zoo (Rangoon Zoo)

	Yangon Zoo (Rangoon Zoo) from Myanmar unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2022-01-17

Latest document update	2022-10-22 18:15:08
Google map

Random literature

Biography

Location

Kewa is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Leipzig Zoo, in Germany.

Kewa arrived in 2020-09-24 to the Leipzig Zoo, relocated from the Tierpark Berlin, in Germany.

Kewa lives together with 8 other elephants at the Leipzig Zoo:

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Kewa was born captive-born 1983-00-00 at Myanmar unspecified location. and imported 1990 by E.A.G. van den Brink, By boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam.

Comments / pictures

Elephant work camp Tatto.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Kewa, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Leipzig Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 2 December 2022 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=469. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Virginia Wycisk, Berlin
Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
van den Brink
https://www.lvz.de/Leipzig/Lokales/Zoo-Leipzig-Die-ersten-Elefanten-sind-da
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Kewa (Google Translated version)

Links

Kewa at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
Link to translated version with Google Translate

(The name Kewa is already submitted into the link, just click on the link for relevant results)

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