Carla
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Dresden Zoo in Germany

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Carla  dead elephant

Identification

EEP nr4401

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 18 years old
Status:foot problems
Origin
Born:* 1944-08-10 captive-born
Birth place: in Hannover Zoo

Parents: Piccolo x ♀ Birma II
Death
Dead: 1962-04-22
Death reason: euthanised: mechanical abnormality in the feet
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Dresden Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1951-07-02Dresden Zoo
from Ruhr Zoo, Gelsenkirchen

1950-11-24Ruhr Zoo, Gelsenkirchen
from Nuremberg Zoo

1950-07-16Nuremberg Zoo
from Whipsnade Wild Animal Park

1948-01-01Whipsnade Wild Animal Park
from Hannover Zoo

1946-05-15Hannover Zoo
from Firma Ruhe

1944-09-26Firma Ruhe 1944-09-26
from Hannover Zoo

Record history
History of updates2023-05-20

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Carla is a dead foot problems Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1962-04-22 at Dresden Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as mechanical abnormality in the feet.

Origin

Carla was born captive-born 1944-08-10 at Hannover Zoo.

Parentage


Parents of Carla are: ♂ Piccolo (father) and ♀ Birma II (mother).

Siblings through the father Piccolo:

  1. 1936-08-03 -- † 1943 (M) August
  2. 1938 -- † 1938 (F) stillborn
  3. 1939-11-22 -- † 1967-05-11 (F) Gina
  4. 1942-03-20 -- † 1951-04-01 (F) Malaya
  5. 1945-09-24 -- † 1945-10-01 (F) unknown

Siblings through the mother Birma II:

  1. 1936-08-03 - † 1943 (M) August
  2. 1939-11-22 - † 1967-05-11 (F) Gina

Pedigree


Carlas ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

Carla

Sire (f):
Piccolo

Born: 1923

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Dame m:
Birma II

Born: 1918

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Comments / pictures

Conceived at Circus Amar, France.


Contradictory records:

EEG state arrival in Nuremberg 1950-08-03, arrival Dresden 1951-07-02.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Carla, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Dresden Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 8 October 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=128. (archived at the Wayback machine)


Sources used for this article is among others:

  • Page 93,
    Jumbo auf dem Drahtseil - Elefanten dressuren von gestern und heute by Gerhard Zapf
  • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
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