Skip to content

Sanctuaries Camps Elephants Countries Corridors Range Map Field Notes About

mahoot

A resource for people who love Asian elephants — where to visit, what to know about mahout culture, wild corridors, and field notes from across Asia.

Explore

Sanctuaries
Camps
Elephant Database
Countries
Wild Corridors
Range Map
Field Notes

About

About
Support Corridors

© 2026 mahoot. All rights reserved.

Revered across Asia. Respected in context.

Lohimi — Circus Knie | mahoot

Database
/Switzerland
/Circus Knie
/Lohimi

LivingAsian elephantCamp

Lohimi

Circus Knie · Switzerland

Sign in to contribute

Record completeness

10 of 15 key fields populated

67%

Help improve this record — add a photo or suggest a correction.

Identification

EEP nr: 8516

Life history

Born: 1985-05-24
Birth place: in Knies Kinderzoo
Death reason: disease: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1A)
Age (est.): ~3 years
Origin: Captive-born

At this facility

Circus Knie

Switzerland · Camp

Camp profile →View herd →

Transfer history

Circus Knie
from Knies Kinderzoo

Sources

Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
http://www.upali.ch (Georges Frei, Switzerland)
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pharmacology_molecular_sciences/faculty/bios/haywardg.html'>Gary S. Hayward, Ph D. John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

Data from elephant.se (Dan A. J. Koehl), CC BY 4.0. Reformatted for search.