Zuzanna
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kobe Oiji Zoo in Japan

Zuzanna lives together with 2 other elephants at the Kobe Oiji Zoo: (detailed list)

1. ♂ Mac born 1992-06-13
2. ♀ Midori born 2000

1. (F) 2002-01-11 -- † 2002-01-11 stillborn JAZA id: XX
2. (F) 2004-03-02 -- † 2005-04-25 Momo JAZA id: XX
3. (M) 2007-10-21 -- † 2012-04-07 Oji JAZA id: XX
4. (M) 2014-06-12 Yuuki JAZA id: XX

Zuzanna was born captive-born 1990-04-05 at Riga Zoo.

Siblings through the father Radsch:

1. 2005-08-07(M) Myo Set Kaung
2. 2006-03-30(F) Marlar
3. 2006-05-23 -- † 2017-04-00 (M) Unt Bwe
4. 2007-08-08(F) Shwe Zin
5. 2008-02-25(M) Ananda Yingthway
6. 2008-03-07 -- † 2008-03-07 () miscarriage
7. 2008-09-04(M) Yoe Ma
8. 2009-05-23(M) Ein She Min
9. 2010-02-17 -- † 2010-02-17 (M) noname
10. 2010-03-09(M) Einga-Tha
11. 2011-02-06(M) Mong Tine
12. 2011-08-08(M) Shwe Myarr
13. 2012-05-22 -- † 2012-06-11 (M) Thura
14. 2013-07-15(M) Thuya
15. 2014-05-16 -- † 2023-06-19 (M) Radza junior
16. 2014-07-20(M) Ravi

Siblings through the mother Zita:

1. 1986-02-18 - † 1986-03-16 (F) noname

Pedigree

1990: The mother died in August and Zuzanna was successfully handreared after four months of age.

Zuze is famous Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus) ♀ from Riga Zoo. She was born in April 5, 1990 and was the first newborn elephant in Riga Zoo history.

I took part in the artificial feeding of Zuze from the very day when her mother Zita died. I measured it every month, then every half a year.


20.08.1990 / Zuze 3,5 months old, with Sergey Chichagov.

In early 90ies she became beloved by visitors and got huge media attention. Real owners of Zuze was Moscow Zoo, Russia. Latvian citizens donated 20 000 rubles to buy elephant back from Moscow Zoo. As time came for Zuze babies, but Riga Zoo didn’t have space for more than two grown elephants, Riga Zoo had to look new homes for Zuze. At age of 6 years, Zuze went for her new home to Kobe Oji Zoo in Japan.

Zuze in the transport trailer at Riga Zoo, with elephant keepers Gunars Shauers, Alexandr Kravchenok and Alma Heninja, 1996-08-23.

Sergey Chichagov, Riga

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Sergey Chichagov, Riga.
  
• http://www.interzoo.de/page20.html
  
• Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
  
• Katsunori Sotani, Tokyo, Japan
  
  
• Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Zuze (Google Translated version)

Recommended Litterature:

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Kobe Oiji Zoo
• More elephants from: Japan
• More elephants that was born: 1990-04-05
• 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)

• Zuzanna 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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