Kira
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Rostock Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Kira

Identification

EEP nr	7010

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 34 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1970-00-00 wild
Birth place:
Capture:	1970
Imported:	1972? by E.A.G. van den Brink
Death
Dead:	†2004-09-18
Death reason:	euthanised: sick
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Rostock Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1972-10-22	Rostock Zoo from Soest Zoo

1972-00-00	Soest Zoo from E.A.G. van den Brink

Record history
History of updates	2013-11-20

Latest document update	2021-09-18 08:44:41

† Kira is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2004-09-18 at Rostock Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as sick.

Origin

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kira, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Rostock Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=909. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Article by Olaf Tietz, head elephantkeeper Zoo Rostock, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus magazine, nr 9-2006, p 30
Peter Stolk, Netherlands

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