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Sabu — Knies Kinderzoo | mahoot

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Sabu

Knies Kinderzoo · Switzerland

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Record completeness

9 of 15 key fields populated

60%

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Identification

EEP nr: 8505

Life history

Born: 1984
Age (est.): ~42 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 2016-00-00
Management: Free contact

At this facility

Knies Kinderzoo

Switzerland · Zoo

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Transfer history

2016-00-00
Knies Kinderzoo
from Circus Knie
1990-00-00
Knies Kinderzoo
from Knies Kinderzoo
1990-00-00
Soest Zoo
from Soest Zoo
E.A.G. van den Brink
from E.A.G. van den Brink

Sources

G van den Brink
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Sabu_(Rapperswil) (Google Translated version)

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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