Lene (Lena)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Belfast Zoo in United Kingdom

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Lene (Lena)  dead elephant

Identification

EEP nr5002

Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 51 years old
Origin
Born:* 1950 wild
Birth place:
Capture: 1956
Death
Dead: 2001-04-22
Death reason: disease: heart problem
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1966-06-21
(dead 1999-11-23)
Siporex EEP id: 6610
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Belfast Zoo, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

1988-03-22Belfast Zoo
from Chester Zoo

1986-06-25Chester Zoo
from Aalborg Zoo (Aalborg Zoologiske Have)

1978-06-07Aalborg Zoo (Aalborg Zoologiske Have)
from Copenhagen Zoo

1977-06-10Copenhagen Zoo
from Aalborg Zoo (Aalborg Zoologiske Have)

1956-05-15Aalborg Zoo (Aalborg Zoologiske Have)
from Unknown

Record history
History of updates2009-03-23: Text

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Lene (Lena) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2001-04-22 at Belfast Zoo, in United Kingdom, . Official death reason described as heart problem.

Offspring

Total: 1 babies
  1. (M) 1966-06-21 -- † 1999-11-23 Siporex EEP id: 6610


Origin

Lene (Lena) was born wild 1950, captured 1956 .


Comments / pictures

Lena and Bierma arrived at Chester Zoo in June 1986 after eight years together at the Aalborg Zoo in Denmark. They were kept at Chester Zoo, at the request of Belfast Zoo, for approximately two years, while a new elephant house was being built for them at Belfast Zoo. Both elephants were transferred to Belfast Zoo in March 1988. Bierma died six months later.
Her name is listed as Lena in the European Asian Elephant Studbook.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Lene (Lena), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Belfast Zoo in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=276. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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