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

Biography

♀ Kewa
Photo: Petra Prager, Berlin, Germany.

Identification

EEP nr	8302

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies:	Elephas maximus indicus
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 42 years old
Management:	Protected 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: 7 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

7. Born 2023-04-29	♀ Zaya EEP id: 202302?
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 Port of Rotterdam

	Port of Rotterdam from Port of Rangoon

	Port of Rangoon from Yangon Zoo (Rangoon Zoo)

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

	E.A.G. van den Brink from Myanmar unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2023-09-07: Previous locations

Latest document update	2023-09-07 16:59:25
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Biography

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.

Social

Kewa lives together with 10 other elephants at the Leipzig Zoo: (detailed list)

Total: 7 babies

Origin

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

As a number of elephants imported from Burma, she has chemical Branding tattoo in shape of a star, on both her hips.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kewa, 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=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)

Litterature about Leipzig Zoo

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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

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