Mapalay
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ruhr Zoo, Gelsenkirchen in Germany

1. 1971: elephant keeper Dieter Köhler attacked by Mapalay. Dieter Köhler Survived.
2. 1971: elephant keeper Bernd Millat attacked by Mapalay. Bernd Millat Survived.
3. 1971: elephant keeper Gustav Röckener attacked by Mapalay. Gustav Röckener Survived.
4. 1971: elephant keeper Ralf Ulbrich attacked by Mapalay. Ralf Ulbrich Survived.

1. (F) 1968-11-10 -- † 1968-11-10 killed EEP id: 6815
2. (M) 1970-12-07 -- † 1998-04-24 Ramon EEP id: 7011 SSP id: 755
3. (F) 1973-06-28 -- † 1975 Suma (Rhani) EEP id: 7308

Mapalay was born wild 1954 at Asia unspecified location.

Attacked at least four elephant keepers, only during 1971.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• <a href="http://www.elefanten-fan.de/">Stephanie Wroben, Raesfeld</a>

Recommended Litterature:

Relevant links

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• List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
• More elephants from: Ruhr Zoo, Gelsenkirchen
• More elephants from: Germany
• More elephants that was born: 1954
• More elephants that died: 1998-04-30
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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