Günther Lenz

From the list of elephant persons Family: Lenz

Biography details

Günther Lenz , zoo elephant keeper in Germany

in Germany dead 1963-08-05 in Germany .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Salim (Salem) (fatal attack)

1 casualties

1963-08-05: elephant keeper Günther Lenz fatal attack by Salim (Salem). grabbed Lenz with his trunk, three times he smashed the man against the wall, then rolled him on the floor, while tusking him. Günther Lenz † Günther Lenz Died 1963-08-05, Berlin Zoo, Berlin. Keeper Robert Jung poked Salim with an iron rod, while a visitor jumped over the mot, and dragged Lenz away, but Lenz was already dead.

1963-08-05: Killed by the African elephant bull Salim.

Günther Lenz

Salim by killing elephant keeper Gunter Lenz 1963

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). elephant keeper Günther Lenz in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=209. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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