Boon
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark

Biography

☨ ♂ Boon

Identification

EEP nr	5011

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 15 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1950 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1965-08-08
Death reason:	disease: Digestive Bacterial
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark

Date of arrival

1959-10-13	Copenhagen Zoo from East Asiatic Company

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-18:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Boon is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1965-08-08 at Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark, . Official death reason described as Digestive Bacterial.

Origin

Boon was born wild 1950.

Comments / pictures

Stomach problems from 1965-07-23.
Penicillin 1965-08-06.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Boon, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=847. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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

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