Birka
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Birka

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 57 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1934 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1991-07-08
Death reason:	age: stroke
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen), in Germany

Date of arrival

1952-10-20	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
Record history
History of updates	2024-12-12: updated director 2025-03-17: FC

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Birka is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1991-07-08 at Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen), in Germany, . Official death reason described as stroke.

Origin

Birka was born wild 1934.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Birka, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=502. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Litterature about Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

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Links

Birka 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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