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

♀ Zuzanna
Alternative name:	Zuze, Suse

Identification

EEP nr	9006
JAZA nr nr	?

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 33 years old
Status:	NULL
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 1990-04-05 captive-born
Birth place:	in Riga Zoo

Parents:	♂ Radsch x ♀ Zita
Offspring
Total: 4 babies

1. Born 2002-01-11 (dead † 2002-01-11)	♀ stillborn JAZA id: ?

2. Born 2004-03-02 (dead † 2005-04-25)	♀ Momo JAZA id: ?

3. Born 2007-10-21 (dead † 2012-04-07)	♂ Oji JAZA id: ?

4. Born 2014-06-12	♂ Yuuki JAZA id: ?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Kobe Oiji Zoo, in Japan

Date of arrival

2014-12-02	Kobe Oiji Zoo from Ichihara Elephant Kingdom

2013-10-10	Ichihara Elephant Kingdom from Kobe Oiji Zoo

1996-09-03	Kobe Oiji Zoo from Riga Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2009-08-14:

Latest document update	2023-05-24 23:01:16
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Biography

Location

Zuzanna is a living NULL Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Kobe Oiji Zoo, in Japan.

Zuzanna arrived in 2014-12-02 to the Kobe Oiji Zoo, relocated from the Ichihara Elephant Kingdom, in Japan.

Zuzanna lives together with 2 other elephants at the Kobe Oiji Zoo:

♂ Mac born 1992-06-13
♀ Midori born 2000

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Offspring

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

Origin

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

Parentage

Parents of Zuzanna are: ♂ Radsch (father) and ♀ Zita (mother).

Siblings through the father Radsch:

2005-08-07(M) Myo Set Kaung
2006-03-30(F) Marlar
2006-05-23 -- † 2017-04-00 (M) Unt Bwe
2007-08-08(F) Shwe Zin
2008-02-25(M) Ananda Yingthway
2008-03-07 -- † 2008-03-07 () miscarriage
2008-09-04(M) Yoe Ma
2009-05-23(M) Ein She Min
2010-02-17 -- † 2010-02-17 (M) noname
2010-03-09(M) Einga-Tha
2011-02-06(M) Mong Tine
2011-08-08(M) Shwe Myarr
2012-05-22 -- † 2012-06-11 (M) Thura
2013-07-15(M) Thuya
2014-05-16(M) Radza junior (Radza Jr)
2014-07-20(M) Ravi

Siblings through the mother Zita:

1986-02-18 - † 1986-03-16 (F) noname

Pedigree

**Zuzannas ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Zuzanna	Sire (f): Radsch Born: 1967	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Zita Born: 1969	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

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.

Zuzanna in Kobe Oiji Zoo

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.

Zuzanna in Kobe Oiji Zoo

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

Sergey Chichagov, Riga

1996: Departed for Japan (out Riga Zoo) - August 26, 1996, arrived in Kobe Oji Zoo - September 3, 1996. Transportation via Frankfurt, Riga-Frankfurt (autotransportation, 24-31.08.1996, transportation engaged Roy Smith /Dan-Inject - Interzoo/) http://www.interzoo.de/page20.html Frankfurt-Tokyo (01-02.09.1996, air transport (go with Mr. Gunar Shauer, Riga Zoo Elephant Curator)

2013: On October 9, 2013, Zuze, in pregnant, was transferred to Ichikawa Elephant Kingdom in a hope that Zuze can study the maternal behavior from Pooly.

2014: On June 12, 2014, a healthy male was born, 142kg, but Zuze did not take care of her baby, as the former cases. Zuze was transferred home to Oji Zoo on December 2, 2014.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Zuzanna, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kobe Oiji Zoo in Japan. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 6 June 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=315. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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)

Links

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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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