Sara
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Unknown in Unknown

Biography

This record may be a duplicate record with Sara at Unknown

♀ Sara
Elephant keeper Wolfgang Ramin, Sara and Sabu, Hannover 1971.

Identification

EEP nr	7107

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 54 years old
Status:	Lost to follow-up
Management:	Unknown
Origin
Born:	* 1971-05-12 captive-born
Birth place:	in Hannover Zoo

Parents:	♂ Moti (Mohti) x ♀ Sabu
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Unknown, in Unknown

Date of arrival

1980-00-00	Unknown from Ermenonville Zoo (Zoo Jean Richard d´Ermenonville)

1973-06-09	Ermenonville Zoo (Zoo Jean Richard d´Ermenonville) from Ruhr Zoo, Gelsenkirchen

1972-10-16	Ruhr Zoo, Gelsenkirchen from Hannover Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2012-11-10: 2020-11-07: Updated as lost to trace

Latest document update	2023-08-20 12:35:00

This record may be a duplicate record with Sara at Unknown

Biography

Sara is a living Lost to follow-up Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Unknown, in Unknown.

Sara arrived in 1980-00-00 to the Unknown, relocated from the Ermenonville Zoo (Zoo Jean Richard d´Ermenonville), in France.

Social

Sara lives together with 136 other elephants at the Unknown: (detailed list)

Origin

Sara was born captive-born 1971-05-12 at Hannover Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Sara are: ♂ Moti (Mohti) (father) and ♀ Sabu (mother).

Siblings through the father Moti (Mohti):

1964-06-07 -- † 1964-06-07 (M) stillborn
1964-09-24 -- † 1978? (F) Loti
1965-05-19 -- † 2023-12-16 (F) Tima
1968-02-18 -- † 1968-04-07 (M) Tibur
1968-03-19 -- † 2021-01-15? (F) Delhi
1968-11-10 -- † 1968-11-10 (F) killed
1970-03-07 -- † 1994-06-29 (M) Assam
1970-12-07 -- † 1998-04-24 (M) Ramon
1973-01-23(F) Indra
1973-06-28 -- † 1975 (F) Suma (Rhani)

Siblings through the mother Sabu:

1964-06-07 - † 1964-06-07 (M) stillborn
1968-03-19 - † 2021-01-15? (F) Delhi

Pedigree

**Saras ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Sara	Sire (f): Moti (Mohti) Born: 1948	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Sabu Born: 1948	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Contradictory records:

European Elephant Group

EEG state transfer to Le Pal 9th of June 1973, while EEP state 9th of July.
EEG state possibly sold to a circus in Belgium, while EEP state death in Le Pal 1975-12-31.

In the 1993 EEG book they say: "Vom Zoo Hannover am 16. Oktober 1972 in den Ruhr Zoo/Gelsenkirchen. Von dort am 9. Juni 1973 in den Parc Zoologique/du Pal Ermenonville/Frankreich. Vermutlich späterzu einem Circus in Belgien."
In the 1999 EEG book: "Das weibliche Kalb kam 1 1/2-jährig am 16.Okt. 1972 in den Zoo Gelsenkirchen und von dort am 9.Juni 1973 in den Zoo Ermenonville, Frankreich. Angeblich später zu einem Circus. Weiterer Verbleib unbekannt."

Source: European Elephant Group

The present staff in Le Pal has never heard about this elephant, it seems unlikely that she died there 1975-12-31.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Sara, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Unknown in Unknown. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=678. (archived at the Wayback machine)