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.

Benga — Leipzig Zoo | mahoot

Database
/Germany
/Leipzig Zoo
/Benga

LivingAsian elephantZoo

Benga

Leipzig Zoo · Germany

Sign in to contribute

Record completeness

7 of 15 key fields populated

47%

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

Life history

Born: 1910-19
Death reason: unknown:
Age (est.): ~31 years
Origin: Wild-caught

At this facility

Leipzig Zoo

Germany · Zoo

Camp profile →View herd →

Transfer history

Leipzig Zoo
from Chemnitz Zoo
1926-00-00
Leipzig Zoo
from Leipzig Zoo
1926-04-28
Firma Ruhe
from Firma Ruhe

Sources

Peter Stolk, Netherlands
*Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Garten Leipzig 1984

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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