Gaya
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Bucharest Zoo in Romania

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Gaya  dead elephant
Identification
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 48 years old
Origin
Born:* 1958 wild
Birth place:
Imported:1962? by George Munro
Death
Dead: †2006-10-22
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Bucharest Zoo, in Romania
Date of arrival
1971-09-07Bucharest Zoo
from Rostock Zoo
1962-02-22Rostock Zoo
from George Munro
Record history
History of updates0000-00-00
Latest document update2021-09-18 12:40:09

† Gaya is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2006-10-22 at Bucharest Zoo, in Romania, .

Origin

Gaya was born wild 1958. and imported 1962? by George Munro


Comments / pictures

Gaya was kept off-hand since 2000.

Official news article about her death, and an Unofficial story about her death

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Gaya, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Bucharest Zoo in Romania. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 8 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=541. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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