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Pepik (Joe) — Ostrava Zoo | mahoot

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Pepik (Joe)

Ostrava Zoo · Czech Republic

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Record completeness

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Identification

EEP nr: 5605

Life history

Born: 1955
Death reason: accident: fell in the dry moat
Age (est.): ~9 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1956-10-06

At this facility

Ostrava Zoo

Czech Republic · Zoo

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Transfer history

1956-10-06
Ostrava Zoo
from Prague Zoo

Sources

Elephants from CR and SR (Zoo Usti nad Labem)
Jaroslav Vanìèek

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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