Tembo an African savanna elephant at Hannover Zoo
Tembo and Wolfgang Ramin | ||
| ☨ Tembo | ||
|---|---|---|
| ID nr: | EEP Number: 5102 - | |
| Species: | African savanna elephant | |
| Sex and age: | Male ♂ 26 years old | |
| Body height: | 3.45 meter, 11.3 feet | |
| Dead date: | † 1977-08-30 | |
| Death reason: | euthanised: stepped on and fractured his own hindleg after anesthesia | |
| Location: | Hannover Zoo | |
| Arrival | Hannover Zoo 1963-05-31 from Firma Ruhe Firma Ruhe 1963-05-00 from Circus Knie Circus Knie 1953-00-00 from Basel Zoo Basel Zoo 1952-11-01 from August Künzler Big Game Ranch from Ruaha National Park | |
| Born: | * 1951 wild in Ruaha National Park Tanzania | |
| Capture: | 1952 , | Imported: | 1952 |
| Offspring, year of birth, year of death: |
Total: 4 babies | |
| Document updated | 2009-03-15:country origin, arrival dates 2009-11-13:picture 2012-02-29:height 2012-03-07:text 2017-03-09: link to Elefanten-Fotolexikon (Petra Prager) submitted 2017-03-09: | |
1963: Tembo left for Circus Knie after a few months and ultimately became breeding bull at Hannover ZooDr. Peter Dollinger, Zoo Office Bern, Switzerland Until his death by 26 years of age, the bull Tembo was kept chained night time in the stable, which was possible due to the free contact management by elephant keeper Wolfgang Ramin. Reference listKoehl, D., (2020). Tembo, an African savanna at Hannover Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 25 October 2020 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=48. (archived at the Wayback machine)Sources used for this article is among others:
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