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Relocated elephants from Circus Benneweis in Denmark
Circus Benneweis had previously 6 elephants relocated to new location.
Nr
Sex Species Name Id
Status
Arrival Departure
Present location Import
1
† ♀ EM - India
dead:
Born unknown 1959
Dead: 1997?, 38 yrs
Reason: unknown:
1971-00-00 1995-00-00
Josef Gärtner
2
♀ EM - Thai
FC:
Born wild 1966
1968-00-00 1995-00-00
Joy Gärtner
3
† ♀ EM - Ceylon
dead:
Born wild 1969
Dead: 2011, 42 yrs
Reason: unknown:
1971-00-00 1995-00-00
Circus Mundial
4
† ♂ EM - Frederik EEP id: 7014
dead:
Born wild 1970
Dead: 1986-07-21, 16 yrs
Reason: accident: heart failure, drowned by the cows in the pool
1971-00-00 1971-00-00
Givskud Zoo
5
† ♀ EM - Toni (Tonny)
dead:
Born wild
Dead: , ? yrs
Reason: unknown:
Josef Gärtner
6
† ♀ EM - Taku (Tagho)
dead:
Born wild
Dead: , ? yrs
Reason: unknown:
Friedrich Gärtner
Source for the list of elephants relocated, previously living at Circus Benneweis Reference list Facts about previously kept elephants, relocated from Circus Benneweis in Denmark, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 14 February 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=595
(archived at the Wayback machine )
Sources used for this list: Latest update Name of elephant Source (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2018-05-27
India: • http://cirkus-dk.dk/htm/dk/nyheder2008.htm by Ole Simonsen , Denmark
•
http://www.circusnews.it/article/3123/Reggio-Calabria-muore-l%E2%80%99elefante-%E2%80%9CIndia%E2%80%9D#.Wwq-7u6FPDd
2018-05-08
Frederik: •
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2018-05-03
Ceylon: • Survey 2008 - Elephants in European circuses published by European Elephant Group: Tobias Dornbusch, Jürgen Schilfarth • Johan Vinberg, Henrik Møller, Cirkus i Danmark
2018-04-29
Thai: • Survey 2008 - Elephants in European circuses published by European Elephant Group: Tobias Dornbusch, Jürgen Schilfarth • Ole Simonsen , Denmark
2012-05-22
Toni (Tonny): • Diana Benneweis through Ole Simonsen .
2012-05-22
Taku (Tagho): • Diana Benneweis through Ole Simonsen .
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