Pitu
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau) in Poland

Biography

☨ ♀ Pitu

Identification

EEP nr	2003

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 30 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1915 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1945-03-30
Death reason:	euthanised: shot
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau), in Poland

Date of arrival

1927-04-29	Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau) from Firma Ruhe

Record history
History of updates	2024-02-03

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

† Pitu is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1945-03-30 at Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau), in Poland, . Official death reason described as shot.

Origin

Pitu was born wild 1915.

Comments / pictures

Records about Pitu from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Pitu:

2003 F ???? WILD WILD L RUHE ~ Jan 1927 NONE Transfer PITU
WROCLAW 29 Apr 1927 H217 Transfer
30 Mar 1945 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Pitu, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau) in Poland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5593. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

EEG Magazine nr 16, Dec 2009, by http://www.elefanten-schutz-europa.de/'>European Elephant Group

Litterature about Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau)

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List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
More elephants from: Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau)
More elephants from: Poland
More elephants that was born: 1915
More elephants that died: 1945-03-30
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