Sonja
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Warsaw Zoo (Ogrod Zoologiczny Warsaw) in Poland

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Sonja  dead elephant

Identification

EEP nr5803

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 54 years old
Origin
Born:* 1945 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 1999-07-31
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Warsaw Zoo (Ogrod Zoologiczny Warsaw), in Poland

Date of arrival

1958-09-03Warsaw Zoo (Ogrod Zoologiczny Warsaw)
from Tilburg Zoo

1952-00-00Tilburg Zoo
from Christ van Dijk

Christ van Dijk
from Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo)

Record history
History of updates2020-09-30

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Sonja is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1999-07-31 at Warsaw Zoo (Ogrod Zoologiczny Warsaw), in Poland, .

Origin

Sonja was born wild 1945.


Comments / pictures

Shipped from Colombo, according to EEP studbook.


Contradictory records:

EEP state arrival Tilburg ~ 1958.


1958: August 28 Sonja was transported with ship Puck from Amsterdam via Hamburg to Gdynia harbour in Poland. From there to Warsaw with thain, this trip took almost a week.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Sonja, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Warsaw Zoo (Ogrod Zoologiczny Warsaw) in Poland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=295. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories1999 deaths | 1945 births | Born in Sri Lanka | EEP | Elephants from Warsaw Zoo (Ogrod Zoologiczny Warsaw) | Poland | Asian elephants


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