Biography
† Irma is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , , who died 2023-09-25 at Rotterdam Zoo , in Netherlands , . Official death reason described as age problems.
Offspring Total: 7 babies (F) 1984-06-16 Bernhardine (Bernhardini) EEP id: 8408 (F) 1990-11-25 SheRa EEP id: 9008 SSP id: 756 (F) 1995-03-01 -- † 1998-07-13 Indira EEP id: 9500 (F) 2000-11-28 Bangka EEP id: 20005 (M) 2004-02-21 Sibu EEP id: 200401 (F) 2007-12-28 -- † 2007-12-28 unborn EEP id: 200710 (F) 2009-02-11 -- † 2009-02-11 stillborn EEP id: 200903 Origin
Irma was born captive-born 1970-09-18 at Copenhagen Zoo .
Parentage Chieng Mai (father) and ♀ Buag Hah (mother).
Siblings through the father Chieng Mai : 1975-12-15(F) Schottzie 1980-03-31 -- † 1984-09-08 (F) Maia 1981-11-10 -- † 2020-07-24 (M) Chang 1983-03-18 -- † 1990-09-07 (M) Haakon 1986-01-22 -- † 2003-09-21 (F) Coco 1991-10-28 -- † 1991-10-28 (F) noname 1996-03-15 -- † 2006-02-09 (M) Santosh 1997-02-17 -- † 1997-06-19 (M) Hannibal 2001-12-02 -- † 2003-10-06 (M) Punjab 2006-03-20(M) Gandhi 2013-02-25 -- † 2014-11-24 (M) Khao Sok 2013-08-26 -- † 2013-08-26 (F) stillborn 2015-09-04 -- † 2015-09-04 (M) stillborn 2017-05-17 -- † 2022-08-26 (M) Sak Siblings through the mother Buag Hah : 1975-12-15(F) Schottzie 1980-03-31 - † 1984-09-08 (F) Maia 1983-03-18 - † 1990-09-07 (M) Haakon 1986-01-22 - † 2003-09-21 (F) Coco Pedigree
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Comments / pictures 2008-01-02: Employees of the zoo in Rotterdam were counting of a birth around the Christmas and New Year days, but they think the calf is dead by now. Last Friday the membranes of Irma broke. Normally the delivery will begin and within 48 hours the calf is born. The contractions however didn't start, even after the vetenarian had given her stimulating medicines and massaging the birthchannel.Yesterday our vets removed the dead calf from Irma. She carried her fullgrown female baby for more then a year. The birth of Tonya and sucking Irma's nipples have started the birth process. Irma tried for more then a day to deliver the calf and she was exhausted. So we decided to do a surgery and to remove the dead calf. During the surgery under local anasthesia Irma was standing on her Feet
all time. The vets opened her birth channel from the backside, just a few centimeters under her anus. They made an incision from ca. 15 cm. and tried to pull the dead calf out. Unfortunately without succes. So the team decided to devide the calf in pieces. Smaller pieces have been removed throuh this hole and the bigger pieces were pushed through her birth channel. Finally, after 12 hours work with a marvelous team, they managed the remove all pieces and could close the wound. Today Irma was doing well. She is recieving pain relief and the wound has been flushed several times. Rob Belterman, Rotterdam Zoo, 2009-02-12
Reference list References Koehl, Dan, (2026). Irma, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) Rotterdam Zoo in Netherlands . Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 March 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=720 . (archived at the Wayback machine )Sources used for this article is among others:
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