Buria
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Neunkirchen Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Buria

Identification

EEP nr	7102

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 48 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1969 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2017-02-24
Death reason:	age:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Neunkirchen Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

2010-04-29	Neunkirchen Zoo from Terra Natura theme park, Benidorm

2006-07-00	Terra Natura theme park, Benidorm from Port Lympne Zoo

1996-05-08	Port Lympne Zoo from Chester Zoo

1994-04-18	Chester Zoo from Port Lympne Zoo

1977-06-01	Port Lympne Zoo from Howletts Wild Animal Park

1971-01-01	Howletts Wild Animal Park 1971-01-01 from Sonepur Fair

Record history
History of updates	2009-09-15:ï¿½country origin 2010-05-01:ï¿½transfer to Neunkirchen 2017-02-25:dead 2018-11-27: link to EleWiki submitted

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

† Buria is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2017-02-24 at Neunkirchen Zoo, in Germany, .

Origin

Buria was born wild 1969.

Comments / pictures

In his book The Best of Friends, John Aspinall writes that all asian elephants, except Assam, were bought at the Sonepur market in India.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Buria, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Neunkirchen Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 24 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1373. (archived at the Wayback machine)