Hella II
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Targu Mures Zoo in Romania

Location

Hella II is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Targu Mures Zoo, in Romania.

Hella II arrived in 2014-10-28 to the Targu Mures Zoo, relocated from the Budapest Zoo, in Hungary.

1. ♀ Tania born 1975

Origin

Hella II was born unknown at Asia unspecified location.

1973: Hella II was bought 1973 as replacement for the dead Hella I, and as Hella I named after Mrs. Helli Johansson, administrator at Cirkus Scala.

From Furuvik to Emmen she belonged to animal dealer Werner Bode, but she never stayed at Tierpark Gronau, but was transported directly to Zoo Emmen.

Microchipped at Budapest 2005-10-16 Transponder ID: 972000000117078

2012-10: Hella is in PC since october 2012.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
  
• Erland Axel Wadsten
  
• Jonny Persson, Furuvik Zoo
  
• Johan Vinberg, Sweden

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
• More elephants from: Targu Mures Zoo
• More elephants from: Romania
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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• Buckles Blog
• circushistory.org
• Elephant_Commentator
• Elefanten-Fotolexikon.eu
• elefanten.wikia
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