Deceased elephants at Berlin Zoo in Germany


This database list 56 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ♀ EM Ko Raya EEP id: 200904 2Born: captive-born 2009-03-15
Victor x Pha
Dead:2011-05-27 (2 years after arrival), disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus EEHV1A		2009-03-15
2+ ♀ EM Shaina Pali EEP id: 200509 6Born: captive-born 2005-06-15
Victor x Pha
Dead:2011-04-05 (6 years after arrival), EEHV - Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus EEHV1A		2005-06-15
3+ ♂ EM Victor EEP id: 9306 32Born: captive-born 1993-10-23
Motek x Warda
Dead:2025-01-29 (25 years after arrival), disease Pneumonia		2000-09-22 Ramat Gan Zoo
4+ ♂ EM Kiri < 1 32Born: captive-born 2000-04-05
Kiba x Pha
Dead:2000-12-28, disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1A)		2000-04-05
5+ ♂ EM Kiba SSP id: 277 11Born: captive-born 1987-12-31
Thai (Thailand) x Methai (Me Thai)
Dead:1998-08-30, disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1B)		1997-11-20 Houston Zoo
6+ ♀ EM Iyoti EEP id: 7606 45Born: wild 1974-01-06 Dead:2019-02-16 (23 years after arrival), unknown 1996-04-16 Hannover Zoo1976
7+ ♂ EM Benny-Boy (Benjamin Blumchen) 27Born: wild 1969 Dead:1996-08-28 (10 years after arrival), disease poisoning?1986-12-04 Julius Köllner
8+ ♀ LA Arua 27Born: wild 1971 Dead:, unknown 1974-05-30
9+ ♀ EM Tanja EEP id: 6711 54Born: wild 1964-00-00 Dead:2018-10-16 (44 years after arrival), euthanised 1974-01-08 Circus Krone
10+ ♂ LA Mopani 54Born: 1972 Dead:, unknown 1973-09-00 Wingst Baby Zoo
11+ ♀ LA Merula 54Born: wild Dead:1973-05-20 (4 years after arrival), disease toxication by Clostridium perfrigens1969-00-00 Walter Schulz Co1969
12+ ♀ LA Carl (Bonyaba) 11Born: wild 1965 Dead:1976-08-00 (9 years after arrival), euthanised leg fracture after fight with Jambo1967-00-00 Walter Schulz Co1967
13+ ♀ LA Murikati 8Born: wild 1965 Dead:1973-07-14 (6 years after arrival), disease toxication by Clostridium perfrigens1967-00-00 Walter Schulz Co1967
14+ ♀ LA Kutenga 8Born: wild 1965 Dead:, unknown 1967-00-00 Walter Schulz Co1967
15+ ♀ LA Yala 9Born: wild 1964 Dead:1973-06-20 (7 years after arrival), disease toxication by Clostridium perfrigens1966-00-00 Walter Schulz Co1966
16+ ♀ LC Jambo II 27Born: wild 1955 Dead:1982-05-18 (22 years after arrival), unknown circulatory failure1960-09-22 Hannover Zoo
17+ ♀ EM Jenny III 45Born: wild 1920 Dead:1965-11-10 (6 years after arrival), age 1959-00-00 Circus Williams
18+ ♀ LA Jambo 45Born: wild Dead:1960-04-10 (2 years after arrival), euthanised stomach problems due to public feeding1958-00-00 Walter Schulz Co1958
19+ ♀ EM Lakshmi 41Born: wild 1955 Dead:1996 (39 years after arrival), disease heart, circulation1957-08-08
20+ ♀ EM Mampe (Rada) 34Born: wild 1951 Dead:1985 (28 years after arrival), disease circulation problems1957-08-08
21+ ♂ LA Salim (Salem) 23Born: wild 1952 Dead:1975 (20 years after arrival), euthanised aggressive1955-00-00 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
22+ ♀ LA Mondula 22Born: wild 1952 Dead:1974-09-24 (19 years after arrival), disease Emphysema1955-00-00 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
23+ ♀ EM Shanti 28Born: wild 1947 Dead:1975-06-29 (25 years after arrival), disease sepsis and fracture in pelvis after fights1950-00-00 Firma Carl Hagenbeck
24+ ♀ EM Tuzinka EEP id: 3702 7Born: captive-born 1937-04-16
Jas x Kaska II (Kasia, Katschi)
Dead:1944 (5 years after arrival), unknown 		1939-12-00 Kaliningrad Zoo
25+ ♂ EM Wastl EEP id: 3202 11Born: captive-born 1932-05-08
Boy x Cora
Dead:1943-11-22 (4 years after arrival), killed shot, after he escaped from the elephant house, after it was bombed		1939-03-21 Munich Zoo
26+ ♀ EM Indra EEP id: 3803 5Born: captive-born 1938-11-27
Omar x Jenny II
Dead:1943-11-22 (5 years after arrival), accident elephant house was bombed		1938-11-27
27+ ♀ EM Taku II 5Born: unknown Dead:1943-11-22 (5 years after arrival), accident elephant house was bombed1938-00-00 Warsaw Zoo (Ogrod Zoologiczny Warsaw)
28+ ♂ EM Orje EEP id: 3601 2Born: captive-born 1936-04-08
Omar x Aida
Dead:1938-09-12 (2 years after arrival), disease Infection, possibly herpes virus		1936-04-08
29+ ♀ EM Birma 13Born: wild 1930 Dead:1943-11-22 (7 years after arrival), accident elephant house was bombed1936-00-00 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
30+ ♀ EM Aida EEP id: 3404 20Born: wild 1923 Dead:1943-11-22 (8 years after arrival), accident elephant house was bombed1935-04-12 Hannover Zoo
31+ ♀ EM Korat 6Born: wild 1932 Dead:1938-07-00 (3 years after arrival), unknown 1935-00-00
32+ ♀ LA Lindi 23Born: wild 1920 Dead:1943-11-22 (8 years after arrival), accident elephant house was bombed1935-00-00
33+ ♀ EM Taku 6Born: wild 1932 Dead:1938 (4 years after arrival), unknown 1934-00-00 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
34+ ♂ EM Siam 26Born: wild 1921 Dead:1947 (14 years after arrival), disease enteritis1933-00-00 Circus Krone
35+ ♀ EM Toni III 38Born: wild 1905 Dead:1943-11-22 (11 years after arrival), accident elephant house was bombed1932-05-24 Munich Zoo
36+ ♀ EM Rannie 38Born: wild Dead:, unknown 1932-05-24 Munich Zoo
37+ ♀ EM Kalifa II EEP id: 2801 11Born: captive-born 1928-09-20
Harry x Toni II (Mary)
Dead:1939 (11 years after arrival), disease foot trauma. iron nails on moat wall		1928-09-20
38+ ♂ LC Mampe 16Born: wild 1917 Dead:1933-11-11 (7 years after arrival), unknown 1926-00-00 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
39+ ♀ EM Toni II (Mary) 31Born: wild 1903 Dead:1934 (9 years after arrival), accident 1925-00-00 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
40+ ♂ LA Carl 14Born: wild 1921 Dead:1935 (11 years after arrival), disease intestinal1924-00-00 Firma Ruhe
41+ ♂ LC unknown 14Born: wild Dead:1917-06-23 (3 years after arrival), unknown 1914-07-28 Firma Ruhe
42+ ♂ LC Kribi 7Born: wild 1912 Dead:1919 (7 years after arrival), unknown 1912-00-00
43+ ♀ EM Editha EEP id: 0602 < 1 7Born: captive-born 1906-12-18
Harry x Kalifa (Toni)
Dead:1907-01-12, disease Anorexia, rejected by mother. Handrearing unsuccesful		1906-12-18
44+ ♂ EM Harry EEP id: 00 44Born: wild 1890 Dead:1934-07-08 (29 years after arrival), disease sepsis from a tooth fistula?1905-06-08 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
45+ ♀ EM Kalifa (Toni) 44Born: wild Dead:1909-07-29 (4 years after arrival), unknown 1905-06-08 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
46+ ♂ LC unknown 44Born: wild Dead:1907-05-11 (8 years after arrival), unknown 1899-00-00 Hans Dominik
47+ ♀ EM unknown 44Born: wild Dead:1898 (3 years after arrival), unknown 1895-00-00
48+ ♀ LA Mary 49Born: wild 1875 Dead:1924-02-02 (36 years after arrival), unknown 1888-09-17 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Neue Pferdemarkt)1888
49+ ♀ EM unknown 49Born: wild Dead:1892 (4 years after arrival), unknown 1888-05-12 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Neue Pferdemarkt)
50+ ♂ EM Omar EEP id: 761 49Born: wild Dead:1903 (22 years after arrival), euthanised hanged because of foot abcess1881-04-18 Port of Hamburg
51+ ♂ EM Rostom (Rustum) EEP id: 762 49Born: wild Dead:1892 (11 years after arrival), unknown 1881-04-18 Port of Hamburg
52+ ⚪ LA unknown 49Born: wild Dead:1881-03 (2 years after arrival), disease Lung disease (pneumonia?)1879-00-00 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Neue Pferdemarkt)187X?
53+ ⚪ LA unknown 49Born: wild Dead:, unknown 1879-00-00 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Neue Pferdemarkt)187X?
54+ ♀ LA Jenny 17Born: wild 1865 Dead:1882-11-28 (14 years after arrival), unknown 1868-08-00 Vienna Zoo1865
55+ ♀ EM Robert 17Born: wild Dead:1867-08 (5 years after arrival), unknown 1862-00-00 1862?
56+ ♂ EM Boy 32Born: wild 1847 Dead:1879-07-18 (22 years after arrival), euthanised 1857-07-06 Menagerie Liphard

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Berlin Zoo

Reference list

Facts about Deceased elephants at Berlin Zoo in Germany, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 2 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=20 (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this list:

Latest updateName of elephantSource (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2021-01-29 Harry:• Height: Henry Merker, Tiergarten-Forum
•  Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
•  https://www.yumpu.com/de/document/read/29440962/auswahl-bekannt-gewordener-unfalle-mit-elefanten-in-zoos-und- (EEG)
2021-01-26 Mondula:• Elefanten - Mein Leben, by Karl Kock
•  Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2020-05-19 Jambo II:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
•  Jan Jakobi, Germany
•  A round-eared elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis Mtsch.) in Berlin Zoo. By Wolfgang Gewalt (12. 3. 1966), International Journal of Mammalian Biology V. 31 (1966)
2020-05-08 Taku II:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
•  Jan Jakobi, Germany 2020
2018-12-09 Ko Raya:• Ryan Easley, USA
• Martijn Fabrie, Netherlands
•  Your morning adorable: Baby Asian elephant at the Berlin Zoo, 2009-03-21
2018-12-07 Kiba:• Virginia Wycisk
•  Ryan Easley, USA
•  Gary S. Hayward, Ph D. John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
2018-12-07 Kiri:• Gary S. Hayward, Ph D. John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
2018-10-17 Tanja:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
•  https://www.zoo-berlin.de/de/aktuelles/news/artikel/machs-gut-grosse
•  https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/trauer-um-tanja-aeltester-elefant-im-berliner-zoo-ist-tot-31452394?dmcid=sm_fb
2018-07-10 Victor:• Ryan Easley, USA
2018-05-10 Iyoti:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
•  https://elefanten-fotolexikon.eu/profile/europa/duitsland/berlin-zoologischer-garten-berlin/iyoti/
2018-05-09 Wastl:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2018-03-14 Mopani:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
•  Torben Klöfkorn, Zoo in der Wingst
2013-04-16 Siam:• Documentation 2002 - Elephants in European Zoos and Safari Parks published by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-08-28 Toni II (Mary):• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2012-06-16 Kalifa II:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2012-06-16 Orje:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2012-06-13 Editha:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2012-05-29 Omar:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
• London Zoo from old photographs, by John C. Edwards 1996, pp. 83
2012-05-29 Rostom (Rustum):• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
• London Zoo from old photographs, by John C. Edwards 1996, pp. 83
2012-04-19 Shanti:• Animals Are My Life, by Lorenz Hagenbeck
•  Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2012-02-29 Boy:• height: Henry Merker, Tiergarten-Forum
•  Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
•  https://www.spiegel.de/geschichte/elefanten-in-berlin-a-950154.html
2011-06-18 Tuzinka:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
•  Olga Dabrowska, Poznan Zoo, Poland
•  Article at ShowMe Elephants: <a href="http://showmeelephants.blogspot.com/2011/06/jim-stockley-collection-chipperfields_12.html">"Jim Stockley Collection - Chipperfields 1956"</a>
2010-11-21 Benny-Boy (Benjamin Blumchen):• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
•  import year: Documentation 2002 - Elephants in European Zoos and Safari Parks published by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2010-09-23 Salim (Salem):• Elefanten - Mein Leben, by Karl Kock
• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
• http://beeldbank.nationaalarchief.nl/na:col1:dat137165
• http://beeldbank.nationaalarchief.nl/na:col1:dat137166
2010-08-10 Mampe (Rada):• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
• Documentation 2002 - Elephants in European Zoos and Safari Parks published by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2010-04-15 unknown:• Wilde Tiere frei Haus by Hermann Ruhe  (in german)
• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2010-03-16 Kalifa (Toni):• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
• page 13, Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2009-11-09 Robert:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2009-11-09 unknown:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
•  http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/pdf_files/166/1667737142.pdf
2009-11-09 unknown:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2009-11-08 Jenny:• p 84,
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
•  p 12, Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
•  http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/pdf_files/166/1667737142.pdf
2009-11-07 unknown:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-08-28 Indra:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2008-08-21 Lakshmi:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-08-21 Rannie:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-08-21 Toni III:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-08-21 Taku:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-08-21 Korat:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-08-21 Lindi:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-08-21 Jenny III:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-08-21 Jambo:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-08-21 Yala:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-08-21 Kutenga:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-08-21 Murikati:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-08-21 Carl (Bonyaba):• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-08-21 Merula:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-08-21 Arua:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-06-23 Kribi:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-06-23 unknown:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-06-23 Carl:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-06-23 Mampe:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-06-22 unknown:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
2008-06-22 Mary:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo


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