Venta
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kazan Zoo in Russia

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Venta  dead elephant

Identification

EEP nr7204

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 34 years old
Origin
Born:* 1959 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 1993-12-05
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Kazan Zoo, in Russia

Date of arrival

1963-00-00Kazan Zoo
Record history
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† Venta is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1993-12-05 at Kazan Zoo, in Russia, .

Origin

Venta was born wild 1959.


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Contradictory records:

EEG states Venta was born 1952, arrived in Riga Zoo apr 1952 and apr 1972 in Kazan.
But according to Daiga Leimane Riga Zoo its questionable wether this elephant ever was in Riga Zoo, and the EEP studbook only mention that Venta arrived in Kazan 1963, and was born in 1959.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Venta, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kazan Zoo in Russia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3461. (archived at the Wayback machine)


Sources used for this article is among others:

  • Page 167,
    Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
  • Daiga Leimane, Educator, Riga National Zoological Garden, Latvia
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