43 locations has kept elephants in Italy
There is presently 28 (3,25) living elephants in locations in Italy (in this database)
| Region: | Italy is in this database included in europe | Other regions |
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| Location holdings: | 43 locations has kept 89 elephants in Italy
(Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)
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| Elephants in locations | 28 (3,25) living | 61 (11,49) dead |
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Sex ratio and
Management: | | Male | 3 / 28 | | 11% | | Female | 25 / 28 | | 89% | | Free contact | 11 / 28 | | 39% | | Protected contact | 5 / 28 | | 18% | | No contact | 1 / 28 | | 4% | | Unknown contact | 3 / 28 | | 11% | | wild | 0 / 28 | | 0% |
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The first elephants arriving in Italy during post-roman time was two elephants en route to Germany; Charlemagnes elephant Abul-Abbas, arriving in Aachen in 802. The second elephant is refered to as The Cremona elephant arriving in 1229. Both those elephants were walked through Italy on their way to their end destination.
One of the first post-roman elephants residing in Italy was Hanno (Annone) a gift to Pope Leo X from Emanuel I, King of Portugal in 1515.
Reference listKoehl, D., Facts about elephants in Italy. Elephant Encyclopedia, (2020) available online retrieved at https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=Italy. (archived at the Wayback machine)Internal relevant links |
| Name | Elephant collection | Type | Place | District | Province | State | Region |
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Alfredo Rossi
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 4 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Bellini Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Catania | | | | Sicily |
Brescia Maxi Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Brescia | | | | Lombardy |
Bussolengo Safari Park - Garda Zoological Park - (Parco Natura Viva)
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 2 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Bussolengo | | | | |
Circo Americano (American Circus, Flavio Togni)
Kept totally 26 elephants | , 4 present (0,4) | 0 births | 11 relocated | 11 deaths | circus | Verona | | | | |
Circo Embell Riva (Belucci)
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Circo Rinaldo Orfei
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Circo Rony Roller
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | circus | Salerno | | | | |
Circo Wegliams (Circo Jumbo, Formisano)
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | circus | Ercolano | | | | |
Circorama (Circo a 3 piste Orfei)
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Circorama (Liana Orfei)
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Circus Bisini (Bisini Gran Circo Continentale)
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Circus Cesare Togni (Circo Cesare Togni)
Kept totally 6 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 3 relocated | 3 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Circus Darix Togni (Circo Darix Togni)
Kept totally 10 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 5 relocated | 5 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Circus Errani (Circo Errani)
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 3 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | Recanati | | | | |
Circus Ferdinando Togni (Circo Ferdinando Togni)
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Circus Florilegio (Circo Il Florilegio di Darix Togni)
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 4 present (0,4) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Circus Lidia Togni
Kept totally 6 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 5 relocated | 1 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Circus Medrano (Circo Medrano Casartelli)
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | Vecchia | | | | |
Circus Moira Orfei
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Circus Nando Orfei (Circo Nando Orfei, Amazons Circus)
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Circus Orfei
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Circus Togni (Circo Nazionale Togni)
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Circus Zoppe (Circo Zoppe)
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Fasano Zoosafari
Kept totally 15 elephants | , 12 present (3,9) | 0 births | 2 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Fasano, Brindisi, Apulia | | | | |
Fiumicino Safari Park (Zoo Safari di Fiumicino)
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Fiumicino | | | | Rome |
Frederick II of Holy German empire
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | private | | | | | |
Giardino Zoologico di Milano
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Milan | | | | |
La Specola Museum of Zoology and Natural History
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | museum | Florence | | | | |
Mark Shand (1951-2014)
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | private | Rome | | | | |
Molinar Co
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 4 relocated | 0 deaths | dealer | Turin | | | | |
Museo Civico di Zoologia
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | museum | Roma RM | | | | |
Museum of Zoology
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | museum | Padova | | | | Veneto |
Naples Zoo (Giardino Zoologico di Napoli)
Kept totally 11 elephants | , 1 present (0,1) | 0 births | 6 relocated | 4 deaths | zoo | Napoli | | | | |
Nicolay Circo Montecarlo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Palazzo Venezia
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | private | | | | | |
Parco Faunistico Le Cornelle
Kept totally 10 elephants | , 2 present (0,2) | 0 births | 6 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Valbrembo | | | | |
Paride Orfei
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | Peschiera Borromeo | | | | |
Pistoia Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 1 present (0,1) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Pistoia | | | | |
Pope Leo X (Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici)
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | private | Rome | | | | |
Rome Zoo (Bioparco - Giardino Zoologico di Roma)
Kept totally 26 elephants | , 2 present (0,2) | 4 births | 4 relocated | 20 deaths | zoo | Rome | | | | |
Safari Ravenna
Kept totally 7 elephants | , 2 present (0,2) | 0 births | 4 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Ravenna, Località Mirabilandia (RA) | | | | Emilia-Romagna |
Turin Zoo (Zoo Torino)
Kept totally 5 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 4 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Turin | | | | |
