Omar
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Leipzig Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♂ Omar
Omar in Hannover Zoo with elephant keeper Sukla. Omar killed Sukla in 1935.

Identification

EEP nr	1904

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 38 years old

People killed:	2
Origin
Born:	* 1919 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1957-01-07
Death reason:	unknown:
Offspring
Total: 3 babies

1. Born 1936-04-08 (dead † 1938-09-12)	♂ Orje EEP id: 3601

2. Born 1938-09-05	♀ Hannolore EEP id: 3701

3. Born 1938-11-27 (dead † 1943-11-22)	♀ Indra EEP id: 3803
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Leipzig Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1938-04-12	Leipzig Zoo from Hannover Zoo

1924-05-16	Hannover Zoo from Firma Ruhe

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2022-10-22 17:52:45
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† Omar is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1957-01-07 at Leipzig Zoo, in Germany, .

Casualties

1 casualties

1935: elephant keeper Mandal Sukla fatal attack by Omar. † Mandal Sukla Died 1935, Hannover Zoo.

Offspring

Total: 3 babies

(M) 1936-04-08 -- † 1938-09-12 Orje EEP id: 3601
(F) 1938-09-05 Hannolore EEP id: 3701
(F) 1938-11-27 -- † 1943-11-22 Indra EEP id: 3803

Origin

Omar was born wild 1919.

Comments / pictures

1932: Attacked elephant keeper Hesse at Firma Ruhe.
1935: killed Firma Ruhes elephant keeper Mandal Sukla.
1937: Killed elephantkeeper?

In Leipzig Zoo Omar pushed a female into the drymoat, and used her as bridge, escaping his enclosure, and walking free in the Zoo. A keeper managed to bring him back with food.

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

1904 M ~ 1919 WILD WILD WILD ~ 1919 NONE Birth OMAR
L RUHE ~ 1924 NONE Transfer
HANNOVER 16 May 1924 VII23 Transfer
LEIPZIG 12 Apr 1938 NONE ltf Transfer

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Omar, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Leipzig Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=837. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Page 218, 219 Wilde Tiere frei Haus by Hermann Ruhe (in german)
Peter Stolk, Netherlands
http://www.zooelefant.de/" target='_blank'>Zooelefant.de (Christian Remenyi)

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List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
elephant mankillers, elephants that has killed humans. List of elephant mankillers
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