Assam
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo) in Ukraine

Biography

☨ ♂ Assam

Identification

EEP nr	6703

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 48 years old
Body height:	3.25 meter, 10.7 feet
Origin
Born:	* 1952 wild
Birth place:
Capture:	1953
Death
Dead:	†2000-01-26
Death reason:	anesthesia: after operation for foot problemss
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1979-04-21 (dead † 1979-04-21)	⚪ stillborn
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo), in Ukraine

Date of arrival

1968-08-06	Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo) from Moscow Zoo

1964-00-00	Moscow Zoo from Circus Krone

Record history
History of updates	2020-10-17

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Assam is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2000-01-26 at Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo), in Ukraine, . Official death reason described as after operation for foot problemss.

Casualties

1 casualties

1964: director Carl Sembach attacked by Assam. Carl Sembach Survived. sold in Moskow after he had attacked the circus director Mr. Sembach.

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

() 1979-04-21 -- † 1979-04-21 stillborn

Origin

Assam was born wild 1952, captured 1953 .

Comments / pictures

In Charkow he sired the cow Tutta, but unfortunately both the baby and the mother died during the birth 1979.

Contradictory records:

According to "Von der Menagerie zum größten Circus Europas: Krone", Klaus-Dieter Kürschner, Assam was located at Circus Krone in Germany between 1956 and 1964, when on tour in Russia, he was sold to Moskow Zoo after he had attacked the circus director Mr. Sembach.

EEP state he arrived Circus krone in 1954, and was transfered to "Mobil Zoo" 1964 from Krone, and from there to Kharkiv in 1968-08-06.

EEG state he came to Kharkiv 1968 (from Krone?)

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Assam, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo) in Ukraine. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=951. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

height: Henry Merker, Tiergarten-Forum
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
"Von der Menagerie zum größten Circus Europas: Krone", Klaus-Dieter Kürschner, Ullstein, Berlin, 1998, ISBN 3-550-06936-7

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