Ziggy (Herman)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Brookfield Zoo in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Ziggy (Herman)  dead elephant



Identification

SSP nr453

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 56 years old
Origin
Born:* 1919 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 1975-10-27
Death reason: accident: fell into dry moat
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Brookfield Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

1936-07-28Brookfield Zoo
from Singer Midgets (Leopold von Singer)

1928-00-00Singer Midgets (Leopold von Singer)
from Leipzig Zoo

1927-00-00Leipzig Zoo
from Singer Midgets (Leopold von Singer)

1922-00-00Singer Midgets (Leopold von Singer)
from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

1922-00-00Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
from Florenz Ziegfeld

1922-00-00Florenz Ziegfeld 1922-00-00
from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

Record history
History of updates2020-10-24

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Ziggy (Herman) is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1975-10-27 at Brookfield Zoo, in United States, . Official death reason described as fell into dry moat.

Origin

Ziggy (Herman) was born wild 1919.


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Records about Ziggy (Herman) from Bob Cline

ZIGGY
Male Asian
Florenz Zeigfeld - named him Ziggy

1936 to 1937 - Singer's Midgets
Brookfield Zoo
Died Oct. 27, 1975

Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".


After 1941, Ziggy was uncontrollable, and could not be kept outside, so he stayed inside his stable from 1941-1971, when through donations, the facilities were rebuilt in a way, so he could safely have acces to an outside enclosure.

1975: Fell into the eight-foot dry Moat inside the stable, and was severly injured. Lewis write in his book, "I Loved Rogues," Stretching as far as he could, he lashed at a keeper across the moat, lost his balance and pitched in headfirst.

On October 28, 1975, he died.
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Ziggy (Herman), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Brookfield Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3230. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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