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Shanti — Berlin Zoo | mahoot

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Shanti

Berlin Zoo · Germany

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Record completeness

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Life history

Born: 1947
Death reason: disease: sepsis and fracture in pelvis after fights
Age (est.): ~28 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1950-00-00

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Berlin Zoo

Germany · Zoo

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Transfer history

1950-00-00
Berlin Zoo
from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Sources

The book Animals Are My Life by Lorenz Hagenbeck 1956
Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Director in Berlin Zoo

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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