Siwa
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Wuppertal Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Siwa
Siwa with African babies Wankie and Zambie, shortly after arrival from Zimbabwe, 1983. Photo: Christoffer Brack, Wüppertal, Germany. Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100073098771893

Identification

EEP nr	5502

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 48 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1952 wild
Birth place:	in India unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†2000-10-12
Death reason:	disease: Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Wuppertal Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1955-08-31	Wuppertal Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17: 2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2022-07-16 06:04:04
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† Siwa is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2000-10-12 at Wuppertal Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis).

Origin

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Siwa in Wuppertal Zoo

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Siwa, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Wuppertal Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=975. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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