Aja
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Rhenen Zoo in Netherlands

Aja was born wild 1971, captured 1974 . and imported 1974 by Firma Ruhe

The three Elephants of Ouwehands Dierenpark in Rhenen are managed in Protected Contact with target training. Aja had previously killed a keeper.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Gerald Postma, Netherlands
• Peter Stolk, Netherlands
• Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Aja (Google Translated version)
• African Elephant Studbook, Europe Regional EEP
  by Amelia Terkel, Zoological center Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Israel

Recommended Litterature:

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
• elephant mankillers, elephants that has killed humans. List of elephant mankillers
• More elephants from: Rhenen Zoo
• More elephants from: Netherlands
• More elephants that was born: 1971
• More elephants that was captured: 1974
• More elephants that was imported: 1974
• More elephants that died: 2026-04-08
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

• Aja at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
• Link to translated version with Google Translate

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