Lissy
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Unknown in Unknown

Biography

☨ ♀ Lissy

Identification


Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Status:	Lost to follow-up
Body height:	2.44 meter, 8.0 feet
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†
Death location:	Unknown
Death reason:	:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Unknown, in Unknown

Date of arrival

	Unknown from C. Hagenbecks Handlungs-Menagerie

	from Trieste Centrale railway station

	Trieste Centrale railway station from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

1868-00-00	Firma Carl Hagenbeck from Miramare royal menagerie

Record history
History of updates	2018-05-08

Latest document update	2024-03-10 16:19:45
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† Lissy is a dead Lost to follow-up Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Unknown, in Unknown, .

Origin

Lissy was born wild at Asia unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

From the book "Beasts and Men"
One day I found Lissy alone in her stable, the keeper being absent. There must have been a devil in me for I felt a desire to be embraced and raised on high by the cow, after the manner of her affectionate treatment of her keeper. I therefore went up to the elephant, stroked and fed her and taking hold of her Trunk I called out the word of the command, “Lissy, apport!”

Then followed one of the most vilely treacherous acts of which I have ever heard. Lissy began to obey the order, but I soon felt that she was bent on mischief, for the embrace of her Trunk was unpleasantly vigorous, and I soared high into the air.
But I was not deposited once more upon my Feet.

Instead of this, Lissy dashed me violently against the wooden barrier in front of her stall, and I went flying over into the menagerie.

Carl Hagenbeck, Beasts and Men

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Lissy, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Unknown in Unknown. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10888. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Beasts and Men, by Carl Hagenbeck, p 150-151, available online at https://archive.org/details/beastsmenbeingca00hage/page/10/mode/2up

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