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Rajah — Liverpool Zoological Gardens | mahoot

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Rajah

Liverpool Zoological Gardens · United Kingdom

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Life history

Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Death reason: shot: executed with rifles
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1848-06-20

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Liverpool Zoological Gardens

United Kingdom · Zoo

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Transfer history

1848-06-20
Liverpool Zoological Gardens
Species:
Sex and age:
People killed:
Born:
Birth place:
Asia unspecified location
Dead:
Death location:
Liverpool Zoological Gardens
Death reason:
Present / last location:
Liverpool Zoological Gardens
1837-00-00
Liverpool Zoological Gardens

Sources

https://russellcroft.net/urban-history-liverpool/liverpool-zoological-gardens/
The Liverpool Mail 23/12/1843, 11/11/1848
The Liverpool Standard 13/6/1848, 20/6/1848

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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