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Sonja — Budapest Zoo | mahoot

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Sonja

Budapest Zoo · Hungary

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Record completeness

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Life history

Born: 1949
Death reason: unknown:
Age (est.): ~32 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1965-07-19

At this facility

Budapest Zoo

Hungary · Zoo

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Transfer history

1965-07-19
Budapest Zoo
from Rhenen Zoo

Sources

Peter Stolk, Netherlands
https://erh.courant.nu/issue/HNB/1967-10-28/edition/0/page/2, digital version of Holtens Nieuwsblad, 28 oktober 1967
http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Zoo_Budapest
Jonas Livet, France

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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