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Tarka — Circus Knie | mahoot

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Tarka

Circus Knie · Switzerland

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Record completeness

8 of 15 key fields populated

53%

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Life history

Born: 1911
Death reason: unknown:
Age (est.): ~38 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1944-00-00

At this facility

Circus Knie

Switzerland · Camp

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Transfer history

1944-00-00
Circus Knie
from Circus Sarrasani

Sources

Paul, http://www.circushistory.org, 10 Jul 2012
Page 68, Jumbo auf dem Drahtseil - Elefanten dressuren von gestern und heute by Gerhard Zapf

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