Chocolate
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Brasilias Zoo Garden in Brazil

Biography

♂ Chocolate
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Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 33 years old
Status:	confiscated
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 1992-04-19 captive-born
Birth place:	in Belo Horizonte Zoobotanica

Parents:	♂ Joca x ♀ Beré
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Brasilias Zoo Garden, in Brazil

Date of arrival

	Brasilias Zoo Garden from Circo Le Cirque (Gran Circus Norte-Americano)

	Circo Le Cirque (Gran Circus Norte-Americano) from E.A.G. van den Brink

1996-07-10	E.A.G. van den Brink from Belo Horizonte Zoobotanica

Record history
History of updates	2023-04-30

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

Biography

Chocolate is a living confiscated Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) , located at the Brasilias Zoo Garden, in Brazil.

Chocolate arrived to the Brasilias Zoo Garden unknown date, relocated from the Circo Le Cirque (Gran Circus Norte-Americano), in Brazil.

Social

Chocolate lives together with 1 other elephants at the Brasilias Zoo Garden: (detailed list)

♀ Bela born 1993

Origin

Chocolate was born captive-born 1992-04-19 at Belo Horizonte Zoobotanica.

Parentage

Parents of Chocolate are: ♂ Joca (father) and ♀ Beré (mother).

Siblings through the father Joca:

1983-05-23 -- † 1983-05-23 () stillborn
1987-07-06(F) Axé
1996-09-17 -- † 1996-09-17 () stillborn

Siblings through the mother Beré:

1983-05-23 - † 1983-05-23 () stillborn
1987-07-06(F) Axé
1996-09-17 - † 1996-09-17 () stillborn

Pedigree

**Chocolates ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Chocolate	Sire (f): Joca Born: 1975	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Beré Born: 1975	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

She was was exchanged for a rhino with G Van den Brink in July 10th 1996.

Confiscated from the circus in september 2008.

More information :
http://jornal.valeparaibano.com.br/1997/08/03/social/circo.html

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Chocolate, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Brasilias Zoo Garden in Brazil. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4806. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Litterature about Brasilias Zoo Garden

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Internal relevant links

More elephants from: Brasilias Zoo Garden
More elephants from: Brazil
More elephants that was born: 1992-04-19
All breeding cows
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List of all captive born elephants in the database

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Categories1992 births | With Pedigree | Elephants from Brasilias Zoo Garden | Brazil | African savanna elephants

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