Wuppertal Zoo in Germany

Wuppertal Zoo
Wuppertal elephant crew, Sweni and her newborn calf
Type	zoo

Owner
Founded	1879
Address	Hubertusallee 30
Zip-code	42117
Place	Wuppertal
Country	Germany
Website	Website

Directors

Key People	2015-2017: Severin Dressen (curator) 2017-2020: Severin Dressen (assistant director)

Veterinarians	: Lisa Grund (veterinarian) : Saskia Dreyer (veterinarian)

Elephant department

Head keepers of elephants	-: Filipe von Gilsa (elephant head-keeper)

Elephant keepers	-: Gustav Röckener -: Vanessa Hagedorn
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Description

Wuppertal Zoo, located at Hubertusallee 30, in Wuppertal, Germany , was founded in 1879.

Living elephants

At the Wuppertal Zoo lives 7 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)

♂ Gus born 2019-04-20
♀ Kimana born 2020-04-20
♀ Mali born 2022-10-14
♀ Sabie born 1992
♀ Sweni born 1993
♀ Tika born 2007-07-13
♀ Tuffi born 2016-03-17

Comments / pictures In May 1927 the elephant house was completed and on May 27th the Asian elephant couple "Krishna" and "Lakshmi" moved in together with the two hippos "Bubi" and "Rosa". After a change in stock corporation law, the stock corporation was dissolved in 1937 and the zoo was taken over by the city of Wuppertal, which is the owner of the zoo to this day.

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"Krishna" and "Lakshmi" before 1940.

Krishna was shot during loading on a transport in 1940 after he destroyed the transport container..
Lakshmi killed a nurse in 1941 by crushing her against a wall. 1943 she was evacuated due to the war and died during a bambattack on her way back to Wuppertal.

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The old elephant house. Photo © Maureen Stevens 1949

Wuppertal Zoo, 1951
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References for records about Wuppertal Zoo

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2023). Wuppertal Zoo, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=69. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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