Jony an Asian elephant at Almaty Zoo (Alma-Ata Zoo)

☨ ♂ Jony

Identification

EEP nr	5710

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ about 1987 years old (approximate age)
Origin
Born:	* ~1957 wild
Birth place:
Imported:	1960
Death
Dead date:	† 1987/1988
Death reason:	killed: shot after becoming aggressive
Locations
Present / last location:	Almaty Zoo (Alma-Ata Zoo), in Kazakhstan

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

1985-00-00	Almaty Zoo (Alma-Ata Zoo) from Moscow Zoo Moscow Zoo 1963-06-27 from Rostock Zoo Rostock Zoo 1962-05-29 from Tierpark Berlin Tierpark Berlin 1960-10-06 from George Munro

Document updated	2009-09-14: possible association? 2009-09-15: corr, update from EEP studbook 2020-05-09: Assued dead, since only 2 elephants from Laos present in the zoo. Not duplicate with 1615, earlier location at Zoocentrum Moskwa (Objed) 1963-06-27 from Rostock Zoo, was removed.
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Description

† Jony is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant, (Elephas maximus), who died at Almaty Zoo (Alma-Ata Zoo), in Kazakhstan, of killed in 1987/1988. Official death reason described as shot after becoming aggressive. (see detailed list).

Origin

Jony was born wild ~1957. and imported 1960

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Born in Assam

Jony was born ca. 1957 in India, 1960 imported from George Munro, 06.10.1960 to Tierpark Berlin, 29.05.1962 to Rostock, 27.06.1963 to Zoo Moscow, 1985 to Almaty and there dead ca. 1987/88 (shot, he was aggressive)

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Jony, an Asian elephant at Almaty Zoo (Alma-Ata Zoo) in Kazakhstan. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 May 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3986. (archived at the Wayback machine)