Relocated elephants from Dresden Zoo in Germany

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Dresden Zoo had previously 4 elephants relocated to new location.
Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival
Departure		 Present locationImport
1 † ♀ LA - Gustl
EEP id: 9008
 dead: Born wild 1990 Dead: 2013-03-00, 23 yrs Reason: killed: died after being attacked by another elephant 1992-05-02
1999-06-22		 Cabarceno Zoo Obregon 1992
2 ♂ LA - Tembo
EEP id: 8503
 PC: Born wild 1985-00-00 2018-11-13
2020-11-03		 Bojnice Zoo 1987
3 † ♀ LA - Mongu
 dead: Born 1973 Dead: 2006-08-19, 33 yrs Reason: disease: stomach ulcus 1980-11-01
1987-07-10		 Danzig Zoo (Zoo Gdansk) 1980
4 † ♂ LA - Thabo-Umasai
EEP id: 20041
 dead: Born captive-born 2006-02-04 Dead: 2017-07-03, 11 yrs Reason: euthanised: autoimmune disease 2006-02-04
2011-08-11		 Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium


Source for the list of elephants relocated, previously living at Dresden Zoo

Reference list

Facts about previously kept elephants, relocated from Dresden Zoo in Germany, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2026), available online retrieved 17 February 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=33 (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this list:

Latest updateName of elephantSource (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2020-11-03 Tembo:• Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
•  https://www.moz.de/nachrichten/brandenburg/artikel-ansicht/dg/0/1/1691606/?fbclid=IwAR3BYdpeF3taxitQxrTJP80G_P4F62gv1gqsVytN9JpnaIAyXO6zjlhx6uw
•  Jan Jakobi, Germany
•  https://www.tag24.de/dresden/lokales/tembo-sagt-tschuess-elefant-zuchtbulle-geht-nach-wien-zoo-dresden-1707199
2018-04-28 Thabo-Umasai:• Petra Prager, Berlin, Germany.
•  https://zooelefanten.de/profile/amerika/usa/pennsylvania-pittsburgh-pittsburgh-zoo-aquarium/thabo-umasai/
2013-04-18 Gustl:• Jörg Burger, head elephantkeeper, Dresden Zoo
2010-02-27 Mongu:• Jana Havlová
• Jörg Burger, head elephantkeeper, Dresden Zoo
• Article by Olaf Tietz, head elephantkeeper Zoo Rostock, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus magazine, nr 9-2006, p 30
• EEG Magazine nr 16, Dec 2009, by European Elephant Group

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