Dikija (Dicky) an Asian elephant at Riga Zoo

This record may be a duplicate record with Dicky at Unknown

☨ ♀ Dikija (Dicky)

Identification


Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 42 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1910 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead date:	† 1952
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations
Present / last location:	Riga Zoo, in Latvia

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

1940-00-00	Riga Zoo from J. Balodi menagerie

Document updated	2009-09-15: death year apr.
Random literature

This record may be a duplicate record with Dicky at Unknown

Description

† Dikija (Dicky) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant, (Elephas maximus), who died at Riga Zoo, in Latvia, of from unknown reasons in 1952. (see detailed list).

Origin

Dikija (Dicky) was born wild 1910.

Comments / pictures

There are no straight records, but supposedly Dikija died around 1952 or 1953.

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Dikija (Dicky), an Asian elephant at Riga Zoo in Latvia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 12 April 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4028. (archived at the Wayback machine)