Magdeburg Zoo in Germany

Magdeburg Zoo
Type	zoo

Owner
Address	Am Vogelgesang 12
Zip-code	39124
Place	Magdeburg
Country	Germany
Website	Website

Directors	: Kai Perret (director) : Dirk Wilke (director)

Key People	-: Matthias Gross (zoologist) -: Felix Husemann (curator)

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Elephant management	Protected Contact, since

Head keepers of elephants	: Kalle Behring (elephant head-keeper)

Elephant keepers	-: Sebastian Christmann (elephant keeper) -: Stefan Gluch (elephant keeper) -: Thomas Rolle (elephant keeper)
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2025-03-17 18:27:41
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Description

Magdeburg Zoo, located at Am Vogelgesang 12, in Magdeburg, Germany

Magdeburg Zoo elephants are managed in Protected Contact, since

Living elephants

At the Magdeburg Zoo lives 3 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)

♂ Kando born 2007-05-20
♀ Mwana Mashona born 1982
♀ Sweni born 1993

Casualties

1 casualties

2003-02-10: elephant keeper Thomas Rolle attacked by Arusha. Thomas Rolle Survived. severely injured

Comments / pictures Magdeburg Zoo in Germany Germany

Sonja, Kati and Arusha.

Magdeburg Zoo in Germany Germany

Asian female "Birma", born 1970 in Ceylon, confiscated from Circus Probst 1973, dead 2018. African female "Mwana Mashona", born 1982 in Zimbabwe, arrived Magdeburg 1983.

References for records about Magdeburg Zoo

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Magdeburg Zoo, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=416. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Olaf Haupt

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