Aida
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Berlin Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Aida

Identification

EEP nr	3404

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 20 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1923 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1943-11-22
Death reason:	accident: elephant house was bombed
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1936-04-08 (dead † 1938-09-12)	♂ Orje EEP id: 3601
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Berlin Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1935-04-12	Berlin Zoo from Hannover Zoo

1934-00-00	Hannover Zoo from Firma Ruhe

Record history
History of updates	2012-06-16:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Aida is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1943-11-22 at Berlin Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as elephant house was bombed.

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

(M) 1936-04-08 -- † 1938-09-12 Orje EEP id: 3601

Origin

Aida was born wild 1923.

Comments / pictures

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

3404 F ???? WILD WILD WILD ???? NONE Birth AIDA
L RUHE ~ 1933 NONE Transfer
HANNOVER ~ 1934 VII34 Loan to
BERLINZOO ~ 1936 NONE Transfer
???? Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Aida, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Berlin Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 15 January 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1200. (archived at the Wayback machine)