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5 locations has kept elephants in Portugal
There is presently 6 (1,5) living elephants in locations in Portugal in this database
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At least 13 Asian elephants were imported from Asia to Portugal during the sixteenth century, arriving at the Port of Lisbon. One of these elephants reached Rome, two Vienna, one to Madrid, and one of them arrived in Dieppe 1591, but was gifted to Queen Elizabeth in 1592, and was living its last days in the Tower menagerie.
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Facts about elephants in Portugal
. Elephant Encyclopedia, (2024) available online retrieved 2024-09-01 at
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News about elephants in Portugal
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Name
Elephant collection
Place
King Emanuel I of Portugal
(private) Kept totally 2 elephants
,
0 present
(0,0)
0 births
1 relocated
1 deaths
Lisbon
King John III of Portugal
(private) Kept totally 2 elephants
,
0 present
(0,0)
0 births
2 relocated
0 deaths
Lisbon Zoo
(zoo) Kept totally 19 elephants
,
4 present
(1,3)
4 births
8 relocated
7 deaths
Lisbon
Port of Lisbon
(seaport) Kept totally 7 elephants
,
0 present
(0,0)
0 births
7 relocated
0 deaths
Lisboa
(map)
Victor Hugo Cardinali circus
(circus) Kept totally 5 elephants
,
2 present
(0,2)
0 births
2 relocated
1 deaths
(map)
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