Elephants at zoo locations in Sweden
Region: | Sweden is in this database included in europe | Other regions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location holdings: | 6 zoo locations has kept 39 elephants in Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elephants in zoo locations | 13 (6,7) living | 26 (5,18) dead | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The first elephant ever brought to Sweden was 1804, when a 10 year old Asian bull, owned by Mr. Jean Baptiste Gautier, toured on circus 1804-1806. Mr. Gauthier was forefather to Diana Rhodin and Mr. Axel Gauthier, late elephant trainer in USA. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name | Elephant collection | Type | Place | District | Province | State | Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boras Zoo Kept totally 22 elephants | , 8 present (3,5) | 9 births | 6 relocated | 8 deaths | zoo | Boras (map) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eskilstuna Zoo Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 2 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | Eskilstuna (map) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furuviksparken Kept totally 5 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 3 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Gavle (map) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kolmarden Zoo Kept totally 24 elephants | , 5 present (3,2) | 4 births | 8 relocated | 11 deaths | zoo | Kolmarden (map) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stockholm Zoo (Skansen) Kept totally 7 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 5 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Stockholm (map) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stockholms Tivoli Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Stockholm (map) |