Mary
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kaliningrad Zoo in Russia

Biography

This record may be a duplicate record with Mariska at Unknown

☨ ♀ Mary

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ maybe about 26 years old (estimated age)
Origin
Born:	* 1919? wild
Birth place:	in India unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1945?
Death location:	During German retreat, after Battle of Königsberg
Death reason:	killed: shot
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Kaliningrad Zoo, in Russia

Date of arrival

	Kaliningrad Zoo from Kiev Zoo

1929-00-00	Kiev Zoo from Unknown

	Unknown from India unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2011-06-18: New elephant RE 2020-10-17: Death and source

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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This record may be a duplicate record with Mariska at Unknown

† Mary is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1945? at Kaliningrad Zoo, in Russia, . Official death reason described as shot.

Origin

Mary was born wild 1919? at India unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

There is a credible evidence that Mary was transfered to Königsberg zoo (now Kaliningrad) during the German occupation of Ukraine during the Second World War, and then killed by the Wehrmacht during the retreat from the Red Army at the end of the war. (Kirill Trantin, Kiev Zoo)

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Mary, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kaliningrad Zoo in Russia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 February 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=7318. (archived at the Wayback machine)