Sabu
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Knies Kinderzoo in Switzerland

Biography
♀ Sabu

Identification

EEP nr8505

Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 41 years old
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 1984 wild
Birth place:
Imported:1990 by E.A.G. van den Brink
Freight:By boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Knies Kinderzoo, in Switzerland

Date of arrival

2016-00-00Knies Kinderzoo
from Circus Knie

1990-00-00Circus Knie
from Knies Kinderzoo

1990-00-00Knies Kinderzoo
from Soest Zoo

Soest Zoo
from E.A.G. van den Brink

Record history
History of updates2009-11-29: new record

2016-12-18: transfer

2018-04-08: Kerala DCEK Nr
2018-11-28: link to EleWiki submitted
2021-09-18: Importer van den Brink

Latest document update2021-09-18 13:01:57
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Biography


Sabu is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Knies Kinderzoo, in Switzerland.

Sabu arrived in 2016-00-00 to the Knies Kinderzoo, relocated from the Circus Knie, in Switzerland.


Social

Sabu lives together with 8 other elephants at the Knies Kinderzoo: (detailed list)

  1. Ceylon II born 1970
  2. Kalaya born 2013-11-01
  3. Kamon born 2022-05-07
  4. Mapalay born 1986
  5. Mekong born ~1982
  6. Rani born 1982
  7. Sandry born 1999-11-27
  8. Thisiam born 1998-05-04


Origin

Sabu was born wild 1984. and imported 1990 by E.A.G. van den Brink, By boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Sabu, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Knies Kinderzoo in Switzerland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 June 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1643. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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