Kaspar
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Jardin d´Acclimatation in France

Biography

☨ ♂ Kaspar
Kaspar at Circus_Bech-Olsen

Alternative name:	Gaspard

Identification

EEP nr	0701

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 20 years old
Body height:	2.70 meter, 8.9 feet
Body weight:	4000.00 kg, 8800.00 lbs
Origin
Born:	* 1907-12-09 captive-born
Birth place:	in Copenhagen Zoo

Parents:	♂ Chang x ♀ Ellen
Death
Dead:	†1927-03-00
Death reason:	euthanised: aggressive
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Jardin d´Acclimatation, in France

Date of arrival

1922-10-00	Jardin d´Acclimatation from Hannover Zoo

1912-11-17	Hannover Zoo from Copenhagen Zoo

1911-10-30	Copenhagen Zoo from Circus Bech-Olsen

1911-04-21	Circus Bech-Olsen from Copenhagen Zoo

1910-00-00	Copenhagen Zoo from Circus Bech-Olsen

1910-00-00	Circus Bech-Olsen 1910-00-00 from Copenhagen Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2009-09-08: Transfer dates Hannover Zoo 2009-09-09: text 2012-06-13: eep records 2020-05-19: Changed picture

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Kaspar is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1927-03-00 at Jardin d´Acclimatation, in France, . Official death reason described as aggressive.

Origin

Kaspar was born captive-born 1907-12-09 at Copenhagen Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Kaspar are: ♂ Chang (father) and ♀ Ellen (mother).

Siblings through the father Chang:

1912-04-06 -- † 1921-09-17 (M) Julius
1916-04-03 -- † 1916-04-25 (M) Lauritz

Siblings through the mother Ellen:

1912-04-06 - † 1921-09-17 (M) Julius
1916-04-03 - † 1916-04-25 (M) Lauritz

Pedigree

**Kaspars ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Kaspar	Sire (f): Chang Born: 1872 2025-05	Sire ff: Born: 2025-05	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born: 2025-05	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born: 2025-05	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born: 2025-05	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Ellen Born: 1894 2025-05	Sire mf: Born: 2025-05	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born: 2025-05	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born: 2025-05	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born: 2025-05	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Named after Mr Kaspar Rostrup.

Kaspar in Jardin d´Acclimatation
This photo shows Ellen with Kaspar,the day after he was born.

Departured 1912-11-17 to Hannover Zoo. Hannover paid 5.000 german Marks for Kaspar.

In spring 1927 he became more and more aggressive, due to Musth condition, and it was decided to kill him, after he tusked a zookeeper.

Some sources state he was poisoned, other strangulated.

At death he reached 2.70 meters at shoulders, and had a weight of 4000 kgs.

Records about Kaspar from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Kaspar:

0701 M 9 Dec 1907 721 952 COPENHAGE 9 Dec 1907 10368 Birth Kaspar
HANNOVER 14 Nov 1912 VII22 Transfer
PARIS ACC 1 Oct 1922 NONE Transfer
1 Mar 1927 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kaspar, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Jardin d´Acclimatation in France. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 24 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1153. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
Jens Madsen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Litterature about Jardin d´Acclimatation

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