Boy
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kiev Zoo in Ukraine

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Boy  dead elephant
Photo: Anna Westbury, Kiev Zoo
Photo: Anna Westbury, Kiev Zoo

Identification

EEP nr7002

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 41 years old
Body height: 3.30 meter, 10.8 feet

People killed:2
Origin
Born:* 1969 unknown
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 2010-04-26
Death reason: unknown: poisoned?
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1985-05-23
(dead † 1987)
Kij EEP id: 8501
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Kiev Zoo, in Ukraine

Date of arrival

1972-12-07Kiev Zoo
from Zoocentrum Moskwa (Objed)

1972-12-01Zoocentrum Moskwa (Objed)
from USSR Government Circus

1970-00-00USSR Government Circus
from Zoocentrum Moskwa (Objed)

Record history
History of updates2022-03-08

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Boy is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2010-04-26 at Kiev Zoo, in Ukraine, . Official death reason described as poisoned?.

Offspring


Total: 1 babies

  1. (M) 1985-05-23 -- † 1987 Kij EEP id: 8501


Origin

Boy was born unknown 1969.


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Contradictory records:

The EEG stated arrival In Kiev 1972-08-08 is most probably wrong.

2009-12-09: Shoulderheight: 3.45 metres? (not confirmed?).
2009-12-09: Arrival in Kiev 1972-12-07 confirmed. In Kiev listed as captive-born.
2010-04-26: died, according to the Zoo in Kiev, poisoned.
2010-04-27: Some remain skeptical about the poisoning theory.
2010-04-28: Whether Boy, the Kyiv municipal zoos only elephant, died on April 26 from poisoning or simply from poor care, is part of an ongoing investigation.

Is said to have killed 2 keepers and crushed one more.


Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Boy, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kiev Zoo in Ukraine. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=955. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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