Accra
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Dompierre Le Pal Zoo in France

Biography

♀ Accra

Identification

EEP nr	9709

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 54 years old
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 1972 wild
Birth place:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Dompierre Le Pal Zoo, in France

Date of arrival

1997-11-17	Dompierre Le Pal Zoo from Circus Krone

Record history
History of updates	2021-09-30: Comment added

Latest document update	2021-09-30 09:29:33
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Biography

Accra is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Dompierre Le Pal Zoo, in France.

Accra arrived in 1997-11-17 to the Dompierre Le Pal Zoo, relocated from the Circus Krone, in Germany.

Social

Accra lives together with 2 other elephants at the Dompierre Le Pal Zoo: (detailed list)

♀ Kaveri (Cauvery) born 1984-01-28
♀ Nina born 1993-10-01

Origin

Accra was born wild 1972.

Comments / pictures

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

9709 F ~ 1972 UNK UNK LE PAL 17 Nov 1997 2 Transfer ACCRA

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Accra, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Dompierre Le Pal Zoo in France. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 13 January 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=932. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
*EEP
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Accra (Google Translated version)

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Links

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
More elephants from: Dompierre Le Pal Zoo
More elephants from: France
More elephants that was born: 1972
All breeding cows
All breeding bulls
The elephant database startpage. Statistics
List of all captive born elephants in the database

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

Accra at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
Link to translated version with Google Translate

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Categories1972 births | EEP | Elephants from Dompierre Le Pal Zoo | France | Asian elephants

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