Peter (Theodor) at Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau)

The first elephant house in Wroclaw Zoo, with Breslaus first elephant Theodor.

† EEP Number: 611 - Peter (Theodor)

Species:

Asian elephant

Sex and age:

Male 27 years

Dead date:

† 1888-11-28

Death reason:

disease:

Location:

Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau)

Arrived

Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau) 1873-09-21
from London Zoo

London Zoo 1863-09-12
from unknown

unknown 1863-01-00
from

Born:

1861-07-00 wild Sri Lanka

Contradictory records:
EEP record arrival in Wroclaw 14 september

Records about Peter (Theodor) from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Peter (Theodor):

611 M ~ Jul 1861 UNK UNK SRI LANK ~ Jul 1861 NONE Birth PETER/THEO
PUBLIC ~ Jan 1863 NONE Transfer
LONDON RP 12 Sep 1863 934 Transfer
WROCLAW 14 Sep 1873 H209 Transfer
28 Nov 1888 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Records about Peter (Theodor) was updated
2012-03-11: drawing
2012-05-27: eep number and records
2012-05-29: corrected death dates

Sources, among others

EEG Magazine nr 16, Dec 2009, by European Elephant Group

London Zoo from old photographs

Asian Elephant Studbook, Europe Regional EEP, 2005, 2007
by Rob Belterman, Ton Dorresteyn, Martin van Wees

Internal relevant links

List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
More elephants from: Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau)
More elephants from: Poland
More elephants that was born: 1861-07-00
More elephants that died: 1888-11-28
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All breeding bulls
The elephant database startpage. Statistics
List of all captive born elephants in the database

Peter (Theodor) at Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau)

Sources, among others

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