Bons Ree
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Givskud Zoo in Denmark

Biography

☨ ♀ Bons Ree


Identification

EEP nr	6313

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 58 years old
Status:	foot problems
Origin
Born:	* 1949 unknown
Birth place:	in Thailand unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†2007-07-13
Death reason:	anesthesia: Cerebral hemorrhage during anesthesia for foot operation
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Givskud Zoo, in Denmark

Date of arrival

1970-11-11	Givskud Zoo from Vejle Zoo (Himmelpind)

1963-08-30	Vejle Zoo (Himmelpind) from Copenhagen Zoo

1954-05-24	Copenhagen Zoo from East Asiatic Company

Record history
History of updates	2023-03-07

Latest document update	2025-03-11 21:13:25
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† Bons Ree is a dead foot problems Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2007-07-13 at Givskud Zoo, in Denmark, . Official death reason described as Cerebral hemorrhage during anesthesia for foot operation.

Origin

Comments / pictures

East Asiatic Company (Østasiatiske Kompagni) in Denmark, arrived with the ship M/S Selandia.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Bons Ree, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Givskud Zoo in Denmark. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=806. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Elefanter i Köpenhavns Zoologisk Haave siden 1878, by Henning, Copenhagen, Denmark

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