Dinah
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark

Biography

☨ ♀ Dinah
Dina in Copenhagen 1978. Photo © Erland Axel Wadsten, Stockholm, Sweden.

Identification

EEP nr	7007

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 38 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1946 wild
Birth place:	in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Imported:	1947 by Chipperfield's Circus
Death
Dead:	†1984-06-06
Death reason:	disease: Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark

Date of arrival

1970-07-08	Copenhagen Zoo from Kolmarden Zoo

1967-00-00	Kolmarden Zoo from Circus Julinek

1964-00-00	Circus Julinek from Circus Caravan

1964-05-12	Circus Caravan from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus European Tour

1963-08-24	Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus European Tour from Chipperfield's Circus

1947-00-00	Chipperfield's Circus 1947-00-00 from Port of Colombo

1947-00-00	Port of Colombo from Sri Lanka unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2011-12-12: pictures 2012-09-16: merged with 7493 2021-09-16: Importer Circus Chipperfield

Latest document update	2021-09-16 18:32:22
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† Dinah is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1984-06-06 at Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark, . Official death reason described as Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)?.

Origin

Dinah was born wild 1946 at Sri Lanka unspecified location. and imported 1947 by Chipperfield's Circus

Comments / pictures

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

7007 F ~ 1946 WILD WILD WILD ???? NONE Capture Parent Dinah
COPENHAGE 8 Jul 1970 100097 Transfer
6 Jun 1984 Death
[Death by: Euthanasia (medical) ı Rendered ı Generalized ı Mechanical abnormality]

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Dina in Copenhagen 1978, riding is zookeeper Erland Wadsten från Skansen, Stockholm.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Dinah, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 April 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1186. (archived at the Wayback machine)