Thura an Asian elephant at Leipzig Zoo
☨ ♀ Thura Thura during the time when she was in Hagenbeck. In background elephantkeeper Peter Hüss. Photo: Torben Klöfkorn, Germany Identification EEP nr 8706 Description Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus ) Sex and age: Female ♀ 45 years old Origin Born: * 1974-00-00 wild Birth place: Death Dead date: † 2019-11-26 Death reason: maternal death: An autopsy made it clear, that Thura was unexpectadly pregnant with twins, of which one of the featus ruptured the Uterus, causing a lethal infection. Offspring Total: 7 babies 1. Born 1992-03-23 ♀ Ratna EEP id: 9203 2. Born 1995-12-25 (dead † 2000-12-30 ) ♂ Tharun 3. Born 2001-11-09 (dead † 2001-11-09 ) ♂ noname 4. Born 2004-11-26 ♂ Thai EEP id: 200408 5. Born 2009-07-03 ♀ Rani EEP id: 200909 6. Born 2016-01-28 (dead † 2016-01-28 ) ⚪ miscarriage EEP id: 2016xx? 7. Born 2018-03-00 (dead † 2018-03-00 ) ⚪ aborted EEP id: 2018xx Locations Present / last location: Leipzig Zoo , in Germany Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!) 2014-09-02 Leipzig Zoo from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) 1987-04-15 from Walter Sensen Zoo-Agentur Document updated 2009-08-04: removing pregnant status
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Description † Thura is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant, (Elephas maximus ), who died at Leipzig Zoo , in Germany , of maternal death in 2019-11-26 . Official death reason described as An autopsy made it clear, that Thura was unexpectadly pregnant with twins, of which one of the featus ruptured the Uterus, causing a lethal infection.. (see detailed list ).
Offspring (F) 1992-03-23 Ratna EEP id: 9203 (M) 1995-12-25 -- † 2000-12-30 Tharun (M) 2001-11-09 -- † 2001-11-09 noname (M) 2004-11-26 Thai EEP id: 200408 (F) 2009-07-03 Rani EEP id: 200909 () 2016-01-28 -- † 2016-01-28 miscarriage EEP id: 2016xx? (unknown) 2018-03-00 -- † 2018-03-00 aborted EEP id: 2018xx Origin Thura was born wild 1974-00-00 .
Reference list Koehl, Dan, (2021). Thura, an Asian elephant at Leipzig Zoo in Germany . Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 11 April 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=505 . (archived at the Wayback machine )Sources used for this article is among others:
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