Hannolore
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Firma Ruhe in Germany

Hannolore was born captive-born 1938-09-05 at Ruhe Circus.

Siblings through the father Omar:

1. 1936-04-08 -- † 1938-09-12 (M) Orje
2. 1938-11-27 -- † 1943-11-22 (F) Indra

Siblings through the mother Birma I (Hamburg, Hamburk):

1. 1933-10-00(F) Zohra

Pedigree

Born in the night between 4 and 5 of September on train in Schlesien during circus tour with elephant trainer J.A. Petersen.

1938-12: On loan from Ruhe for christmas circus in Magdeburg, engaged by Helene Althoff, with elephant trainer J. A. Petersen. The Elephants were also showed in the ring by Petersens daughter, Magdalene Petersen. (Gerhard Zapf)


Contradictory records:

Some sources stated Omar as father, EEG state father unknown, until 2008, when Omar was declared father.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Survey 2008 - Elephants in European circuses published by European Elephant Group: Tobias Dornbusch, Jürgen Schilfarth
• Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
• Page 83, Jumbo auf dem Drahtseil - Elefanten dressuren von gestern und heute by Gerhard Zapf

Recommended Litterature:

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• More elephants from: Firma Ruhe
• More elephants from: Germany
• More elephants that was born: 1938-09-05
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• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
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