Jenny
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau) in Poland

Biography

☨ ♀ Jenny

Identification

EEP nr	831

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 34 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1883 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1917-08-01
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau), in Poland

Date of arrival

1894-10-10	Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau) from Vienna Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2012-05-29: eep records, nr

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Jenny is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1917-08-01 at Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau), in Poland, .

Origin

Jenny was born wild 1883.

Comments / pictures

Contradictory records:

EEG state she arrived Wroclaw 1905.

Records about Jenny from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Jenny:

831 F ~ Jul 1883 WILD WILD VIENNA ~ 1884 NONE Transfer JENNY
WROCLAW 10 Oct 1894 H214 Transfer
1 Aug 1917 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Jenny, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau) in Poland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5589. (archived at the Wayback machine)