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Lina — Karlsruhe Zoo | mahoot

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Lina

Karlsruhe Zoo · Germany

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Life history

Born: 1972
Death reason: unknown:
Age (est.): ~46 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 2017-02-21

At this facility

Karlsruhe Zoo

Germany · Zoo

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Transfer history

2017-02-21
Karlsruhe Zoo
from Amedeo Folco

Sources

Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
Survey 2008 - Elephants in European circuses published by European Elephant Group: Tobias Dornbusch, Jürgen Schilfarth
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/zoo-karlsruhe-nimmt-elefant-aus-osteuropa-auf-notfall-a-1135580.html
https://presse.karlsruhe.de/db/meldungen/veranstaltung/altersresidenz_als_rettung_fur_elefantenkuh_lina.html
https://www.ka-news.de/region/karlsruhe/zoo-karlsruhe./Trauer-im-Karlsruher-Zoo-Elefantenkuh-Lina-ist-tot-hatten-keinen-Hinweis-darauf-dass-es-ihr-aktuell-nicht-gut-gehen-koennte;art6066,2276197
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Lina (Google Translated version)

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