Kadira
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Prague Zoo (Zoo Praha) in Czech Republic

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Kadira  dead elephant

Identification

EEP nr7114

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 33 years old
Origin
Born:* 1969 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 2002-08-13
Death reason: euthanised: during the Elbe flooding catastrophe
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Prague Zoo (Zoo Praha), in Czech Republic

Date of arrival

1971-09-19Prague Zoo (Zoo Praha)
from Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo)

Record history
History of updates2022-04-12

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Kadira is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2002-08-13 at Prague Zoo (Zoo Praha), in Czech Republic, . Official death reason described as during the Elbe flooding catastrophe.

Origin

Kadira was born wild 1969.


Comments / pictures

Euthanized during the catastrophe when the dammwalls in the river had to be opened in late summer 2002, when the water from the river partly drowned the Zoo in Prague.

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Kadira, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Prague Zoo (Zoo Praha) in Czech Republic. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=696. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories2002 deaths | 1969 births | Born in Sri Lanka | EEP | Elephants from Prague Zoo (Zoo Praha) | Czech Republic | Asian elephants


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