Zita an Asian elephant at Riga Zoo

☨ ♀ Zita

Identification

EEP nr	8312

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 21 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1969 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead date:	† 1990-07-15
Death reason:	disease: Cancer in Pancreas
Offspring
Total: 2 babies

1. Born 1986-02-18 (dead † 1986-03-16)	♀ noname EEP id: 8604

2. Born 1990-04-05	♀ Zuzanna EEP id: 9006 JAZA id: ?
Locations
Present / last location:	Riga Zoo, in Latvia

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

1987-08-11	Riga Zoo from Moscow Zoo Moscow Zoo 1985-00-00 from Perm Zoo Perm Zoo 1985-00-00 from Moscow Zoo Moscow Zoo 1984-00-00 from Perm Zoo Perm Zoo 1984-00-00 from Moscow Zoo Moscow Zoo 1972-00-00 from Saratov Circus Saratov Circus 1969-00-00 from USSR Government Circus

Document updated	2009-09-15: 1972 - 1984 to Perm and 1985 - 11.08.87 to Riga according to http://www.asianelephant.net/moskva/moskva.htm
Random literature

Description

† Zita is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant, (Elephas maximus), who died at Riga Zoo, in Latvia, of disease in 1990-07-15. Official death reason described as Cancer in Pancreas. (see detailed list).

Offspring

(F) 1986-02-18 -- † 1986-03-16 noname EEP id: 8604
(F) 1990-04-05 Zuzanna EEP id: 9006 JAZA id: ?

Origin

Zita was born wild 1969.

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Zita, an Asian elephant at Riga Zoo in Latvia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 14 June 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=314. (archived at the Wayback machine)