Amazon.com Widgets
facility
arrival in Leipzig

The elephant house in Tierpark Berlin is now empty, first time since 1955

2020-09-25 - Berlin, Germany. Dan Koehl

The last elephants left East Berlin Tierpark to Leipzig today, leaving the elephant house empty for the first time since 1955. After renovation, which will take two years, only African elephants will be kept in the renovated house in Berlin Tierpark.


 Read more  

zoo
A zookeeper feeds an elephant with Christmas trees at the zoo Tierpark in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. Every year discarded Christmas trees are offered to the animals as a snack.

Berlin elephants enjoy late festive snack: Christmas trees

2016-01-08 - Berlin, Germany.

Zoo elephants in Berlin have enjoyed a light festive snack: a late delivery of Christmas trees. The New Year feeding of unsold pine trees has become an annual event. Zookeeper Mario Hammerschmidt says the trees are certified as pesticide-free. Hammerschmidt said Thursday that the trees are "a good supplement to the food the elephants get during winter time."


 Read more  

birth

Berlin zoo elephant baby is actually a boy

2016-01-04 - Berlin, Germany.

Zoo workers in Berlin admitted on Monday that they had made a mistake about the sex of the newest member of their elephant herd. It´s easier than one might think with elephants, as pachyderms´ male member is discreetly hidden away in a pouch unless they are urinating or otherwise making use of it.


 Read more  

conference

9th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife

2013-09-18 - Berlin, Germany. Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA).

The aim of this conference is to foster an exchange of ideas between wildlife scientists from different disciplines with an interest in both wild and captive animals, with a focus on mammalian species.


 Read more  

misc
Werner Hadrich and "Pia".

BBC Radio Broadcast tonight: This New Strange World - Pia the elephant

2012-08-30 - Berlin, Germany.

Indian elephant called Pia who was brought over to East Berlin to perform in the GDR State Circus, I knew I´d found that strange kernel of truth from which a story could blossom. Imagining the contrasts was what intrigued me - I could picture this elephant´s journey from the wilds of India to communist Germany, and the disparity she found to encounter the sequined-sparkle and magic of circus life so totally incongruous with the grey bleakness of East Berlin.


 Read more  

pictures

Ebay: Berlin postcard. Baby elephant Kalifa at zoo, ca. 1930

2010-10-09 - Berlin, Germany.

Berlin postcard. Baby Indian elephant ("Kalifa") at the Zoologischer Garten (Berlin zoo). According to the card, Kalifa was born on September 20, 1928. Not posted. Corners rather worn, some small marks on the message side, otherwise in fair to good condition.


 Read more  

birth
Dimas 2010. Photo: © <a href="http://www.elefanten-fotolexikon.eu/">Petra Prager, Berlin</a>

Baby elephant born at Berlin Zoo

2010-03-19 - Berlin, Germany.

Baby Asian elephant calf Dimas made his first public appearance today at the Tierpark in Berlin, Germany. The four-day old elephant was born on 15 March to mother elephant, Cynthia. He weights 194 kilograms and stands 94cm tall. Bimas is the 16th elephant to be born at the zoo, Europes largest landscaped zoo, since 1998 as part of its successful Asian elephant breeding and conservation programme.


 Read more  

relocation

Drei Tierpark-Elefanten nach Rostow am Don

2009-08-29 - Berlin, Germany.

(Translated by Yahoo! Babel Fish) Three Asian elephants from the Tierpark Berlin Friedrichsfelde began the long journey on Monday into the zoo of Rostow at the Don in Russia. Animal park boss Bernhard Blaszkiewitz communicated that Horas, Cinta and Yoma in their future homeland in a new elephant house are to form their own group. On 7 November Tierpark is to be opened trunk trio born in Rostow the new at home for the 2005 in the citizen of Berlin. The transport of the animals by trucks was taken...


 Read more  

circus

Elephants roam Berlin suburbs

2009-04-26 - Berlin, Germany.

Three elephants that belong to a circus currently camped in a southern suburb of Berlin have been spotted roaming the area regularly, the daily Tagesspiegel reported Sunday. Residents in the district of Marienfelde report that the three African elephants walk the neighbourhood’s streets daily and spend time at a nearby field. There have been no reports of injuries, though passers-by often stop, stare and photograph the massive animals as they calmly make their way through the quiet area.
...


 Read more  

birth
More photos of baby and mother after the jump!

Your morning adorable: Baby Asian elephant at the Berlin Zoo

2009-03-21 - Berlin, Germany. Lindsay Barnett

Ko Raya, a five-day-old female Asian elephant, made her big debut yesterday at the Berlin Zoo. She's the third offspring of her 22-year-old mother, Pang Pha. Her father is 15-year-old Victor.
Ko Raya is named for an island in Thailand. She weighed about 370 pounds at birth.


 Read more  

birth

14th elephantcalf at Tierpark Berlin is born

2008-12-14 - Berlin, Germany. Peter Stolk and Rob Belterman, Netherlands

Yesterday Kewa, at Tierpark Berlin, delivered her fourth calf. Father of this 14th elephantcalf at Tierpark Berlin is Ankhor. And .... it's a female calf!


 Read more  

misc

Do elephants have good memories?

2008-10-18 - Berlin, Germany.

Sara of the Alpha-Omega British School in Spain asks the scientists: Sara: Do elephants have good memories? The answer comes from elephant ecologist Stephen Blake, at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology. He works to conserve habitat for elephants in Central Africa. Stephen Blake: Elephants do have fantastic memories. If you imagine an elephant that lives in a tropical rainforest, one of the most complicated systems on Earth, that elephant has to know where fruit trees are, where good forage...


 Read more  

event
© Nick Brandt: Elephant with exploding Dust, Amboseli, 2004, Photo courtesy of Camera Work Gallery

Africa in Photographs on view in Camera Work Gallery in Berlin

2008-04-26 - Berlin, Germany.

This group show hopes to provide an insight into the landscape and wildlife as well as the culture of individual countries on the African continent. Some of this work is familiar, such as Leni Riefenstahl's excellent work for the beautiful tribe of the Nuba. Nick Brands' portraits of African animals are quite good, notably the Elephant seires


 Read more  

blog
 I took this picture... what a creative (or desperate) elephant! :)

Tierpark Berlin

2008-04-16 - Berlin, Germany. Kelli

Because Berlin was split into two different cities for quite a while, it has two of everything, like its two zoos! We've been to the Zoo Berlin (West Berlin) many times, but this past Saturday, April 12, we visited the Tierpark Berlin (East Berlin). It was very different! It is a large zoo (the largest landscape zoo in Europe), so you do a lot of walking. The animals seem to be more plentiful, and the spaces are a lot bigger and more open, so we were able to see them closer. Here are some pics:


 Read more  

medical

2007: Rat-to-Elephant-to-Human Transmission of Cowpox Virus

2008-04-12 - Berlin, Germany. Andreas Kurth

In February 2007, a circus elephant (Elephas maximus) in northern Germany exhibited disseminated ulcerative lesions of the skin and mucosal membranes caused by CPXV infection; the elephant was euthanized after treatment attempts failed. Electron micrographs of negative-stained biopsy specimens of tongue lesions showed orthopoxvirus particles.


 Read more  

abstract

Assisted reproduction in female rhinoceros and elephants - current status and future perspective.

2007-09-01 - Berlin, Germany. Hermes R, Göritz F, Streich W, Hildebrandt T., Leibniz Institute for Zoo Biology and Wildlife Research

Over the last few decades, rhinoceroses and elephants became important icons in the saga of wildlife conservation. Recent surveys estimate the wild Asian (Elephas maximus) and African (Loxodonta africana) elephant populations to be, at most, 50 250 and 637 600 respectively. For the five rhinoceros species, black (Diceros bicornis), white (Ceratotherium simum), Indian (Rhinoceros unicornis), Javan (Rhinoceros sondaicus) and Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus Sumatrensis), the population estimates ...


 Read more  

birth

African elephant baby born in Berlin

2007-08-22 - Berlin, Germany.

A female african elephant was born in Berlin wednesday morning, 92 centimeter and 95 kilo heavy. The 22 years old mother Bibi was mother for the second time, the father Tembo has now sired seven babies.


 Read more  

fossil

Ice Age art found in Germany

2007-06-20 - Berlin, United States.

Archeologists have found a 35,000-year-old carving of a woolly mammoth in southwestern Germany. It is believed to be the oldest ivory carving every found, the newspaper der Spiegel said Wednesday. An archeology team from the University of Tubingen found the figurine in the Swabian Jura, a 722-foot-long plateau in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg. Five mammoth-ivory figurines from the Ice Age have been found at Vogelherd Cave in southwestern Germany. The new finds include well-preserved remains of ...


 Read more  

zoo

Love is... a family that forgives and forgets

2007-05-23 - Berlin, Germany. Allan Hall

After his mother tried to trample him to death and drown him, an unnamed four-day old baby elephant is now reunited with its mother, Pori. The calf is suckling normally and enjoying all the re-found maternal affection that its three-ton mother Pori, 26, can lavish on him. "Mother and son are getting along magnificently now and the baby is able to stand up fully ," said Claus Pohle, deputy director of the animal park where the calf was born on Sunday.


 Read more  

abstract

Foetal age determination and development in elephants.

2006-12-15 - Berlin, Germany. Hildebrandt T, Drews B, Gaeth AP, Goeritz F, Hermes R, Schmitt D, Gray C, Streich WJ, Short RV, Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research

Hitherto, it has only been possible to estimate foetal ages from theoretical calculations based on foetal mass. The recent development of sophisticated ultrasound procedures for elephants has now made it possible to monitor the growth and development of foetuses of known gestational age conceived in captivity from natural matings or artificial insemination.


 Read more  

zoo

Elephants in Berlin Zoo Celebrate Halloween With Pumpkin Treat. Pumpkins Are Rich In Fiber

2006-10-26 - Berlin, Germany.

The elephants at the Berlin Zoo celebrated Halloween Tuesday with a special treat: wheelbarrows full of pumpkins. Some of the elephants like to roll the pumpkins before breaking them with their feet, but all of them ate the gourds. The pumpkins are a perfect treat for the animals. They are rich in fiber but have a high sugar content.


 Read more  

abstract

Endotheliotropic elephant herpesvirus, the first betaherpesvirus with a thymidine kinase gene.

2006-10-01 - Berlin, Germany. Ehlers B, Dural G, Marschall M, Schregel V, Goltz M, Hentschke J. . Robert Koch-Institut Berlin

Endotheliotropic elephant herpesvirus (elephantid herpesvirus 1; ElHV-1) is apathogenic for African elephants (Loxodonta africana), but causes fatal haemorrhagic disease in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus). This is thought to occur through transmission from African elephants in places where both species are housed, such as zoological gardens. The virus has caused considerable losses in North American and European zoological gardens and thus severely impedes breeding of the endangered Asian elep...


 Read more  

abstract

Endotheliotropic elephant herpes virus (EEHV) infection. The first PCR-confirmed fatal case in Asia.

2006-06-28 - Berlin, Germany. Reid CE, Hildebrandt TB, Marx N, Hunt M, Thy N, Reynes JM, Schaftenaar W, Fickel J.. Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin

Since 1995, 4 suspected cases of Endotheliotropic Elephant Herpes Virus (EEHV) infection, i.e. based on clinical presentation, have occurred in Asia without resulting in epidemic outbreaks, which brings many of the traditional theories into question. Herpes is still ramped in captive elephant populations worldwide, devastating particularly the neonatal and weaning-age population.


 Read more  

abstract

"Right-trunkers" and "left-trunkers": side preferences of trunk movements in wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus).

2003-12-00 - Berlin, Germany. Martin F, Niemitz C., Freie Universität Berlin

In this article, the side preferences of feeding-related trunk movements of free-ranging Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) were investigated for the first time. It is hypothesized that a functional asymmetry of the trunk is necessary to perform skillful feeding movements more efficiently. This might be connected with a corresponding hemispheric specialization. Video recordings of 41 wild elephants provided frequencies and durations of the following trunk-movement categories: object contact, retr...


 Read more  

abstract

Ultrasonography of the urogenital tract in elephants (Loxodonta africana and elephas maximus): An important tool for assessing male reproductive function

2000-11-30 - Berlin, Germany.

The success rate of captive elephant breeding programs worldwide is poor. Along with undiagnosed reproductive disorders in females and fatal diseases such as the newly discovered herpesvirus infection, male infertility now is considered a major contributing factor in the failure to maintain self-sustaining captive populations.


 Read more  

abstract

Elephant herpes virus, a problem for breeding and housing of elephants. Report Kiba Berlin Zoo

1999-06-01 - Berlin, Germany. Burkhardt S, Hentschke J, Weiler H, Ehlers B, Ochs A, Walter J, Wittstatt U, Goltenboth R. Institut fur Lebensmittel, Arzneimittel und Tierseuchen

This is a report on the case of 'KIBA', an eleven year old male elephant at the Zoological Garden Berlin, infected with the endotheliotropic elephants herpesvirus. 'KIBA' was born at the Zoo in Houston, Texas, and raised within his herd. In June 1998 he already serviced three females of his new herd several times. In August 1998 he died after passing a peracute progression of the disease after residenting in Berlin for only 9 months.


 Read more  

26 Headlines about Elephants from Berlin2020-09-25 - Berlin, Germany - The elephant house in Tierpark Berlin is now empty, first time since 1955 2016-01-08 - Berlin, Germany - Berlin elephants enjoy late festive snack: Christmas trees 2016-01-04 - Berlin, Germany - Berlin zoo elephant baby is actually a boy 2013-09-18 - Berlin, Germany - 9th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife 2012-08-30 - Berlin, Germany - BBC Radio Broadcast tonight: This New Strange World - Pia the elephant 2010-10-09 - Berlin, Germany - Ebay: Berlin postcard. Baby elephant Kalifa at zoo, ca. 1930 2010-03-19 - Berlin, Germany - Baby elephant born at Berlin Zoo 2009-08-29 - Berlin, Germany - Drei Tierpark-Elefanten nach Rostow am Don 2009-04-26 - Berlin, Germany - Elephants roam Berlin suburbs 2009-03-21 - Berlin, Germany - Your morning adorable: Baby Asian elephant at the Berlin Zoo 2008-12-14 - Berlin, Germany - 14th elephantcalf at Tierpark Berlin is born 2008-10-18 - Berlin, Germany - Do elephants have good memories? 2008-04-26 - Berlin, Germany - Africa in Photographs on view in Camera Work Gallery in Berlin 2008-04-16 - Berlin, Germany - Tierpark Berlin 2008-04-12 - Berlin, Germany - 2007: Rat-to-Elephant-to-Human Transmission of Cowpox Virus 2007-09-01 - Berlin, Germany - Assisted reproduction in female rhinoceros and elephants - current status and future perspective. 2007-08-22 - Berlin, Germany - African elephant baby born in Berlin 2007-06-20 - Berlin, United States - Ice Age art found in Germany 2007-05-23 - Berlin, Germany - Love is... a family that forgives and forgets 2006-12-15 - Berlin, Germany - Foetal age determination and development in elephants. 2006-10-26 - Berlin, Germany - Elephants in Berlin Zoo Celebrate Halloween With Pumpkin Treat. Pumpkins Are Rich In Fiber 2006-10-01 - Berlin, Germany - Endotheliotropic elephant herpesvirus, the first betaherpesvirus with a thymidine kinase gene. 2006-06-28 - Berlin, Germany - Endotheliotropic elephant herpes virus (EEHV) infection. The first PCR-confirmed fatal case in Asia. 2003-12-00 - Berlin, Germany - "Right-trunkers" and "left-trunkers": side preferences of trunk movements in wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus). 2000-11-30 - Berlin, Germany - Ultrasonography of the urogenital tract in elephants (Loxodonta africana and elephas maximus): An important tool for assessing male reproductive function 1999-06-01 - Berlin, Germany - Elephant herpes virus, a problem for breeding and housing of elephants. Report Kiba Berlin Zoo

20 years on Internet!

ELEPHANT NEWS was created on 2001 in Munich, and relaunched in Phnom Penh in 2020, with almost 8 000 links to news articles about elephants on the Internet

A number of articles now also have a cross reference to the elephant database, either for individuals elephants and/or to an article about the location holding

In the right column, you can also see if an elephant has birthday today, and follow the link to more facts!

birth

Pinnawala Orphanage sees birth of 76th calf

2024-03-23 - Kegalle, Sri Lanka.

The 76th elephant calf was born at the Rambukkana Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage on March 20.This baby elephant was born to 32-year-old she-elephant Shanthi and 19-year-old Pandu at the Pinnawala Elepha...


 Read more  But Share with

Extern Link Read about Unnamed in the Elephant Database
Extern Link Read about Pinnawala elephant orphanage in the Elephant Database
organisation

SANParks partners with neighbouring nations to benefit communities

2024-03-23 - Pretoria, South Africa.

In the ongoing efforts to curb poaching and snaring of animals within the Zimbabwe and Mozambique borders, South African National Parks (SANParks) is working to create more partnerships with neighbour...


 Read more  But Share with
Extern Link Read about Kruger National Park in the Elephant Database
event

Toledo Zoo Shares the Name of Precious New Baby Elephant

2024-03-15 - , United States.

After weeks of voting and thousands of submissions, the Toledo Zoo has officially chosen the name of their precious baby elephant and we're personally thrilled about the news! Ladies and gentleman, Ki...


 Read more  But Share with

Extern Link Read about Kirk in the Elephant Database
Extern Link Read about Toledo Zoo in the Elephant DatabasePress Release: The Toledo Zoo is thrilled to announce the birth of a healthy baby elephant, born to African elephant, Renee.Press Release: The Toledo Zoo is thrilled to announce the birth of a healthy baby elephant, born to African elephant, Renee.
birth

Reid Park Zoo welcomes new baby elephant

2024-03-09 - Tucson, United States.

A baby elephant was born at Reid Park Zoo. The zoo said Semba, the facility’s African elephant matriarch, gave birth to a 265-pound calf around 3:31 a.m. Friday, March 8. Reid Park Zoo said the calf...


 Read more  But Share with

Extern Link Read about Unnamed in the Elephant Database
Extern Link Read about Reid Park Zoo in the Elephant Database
event

Baby elephant in Copenhagen named after Thai river

2024-03-04 - Copenhagen, Denmark.

A female baby elephant in Copenhagen Zoo has been named Chin after the Tha Chin river in central Thailand. The elephant was born last week in the Danish zoo. The zookeepers, who take care of the young...


 Read more  But Share with

Extern Link Read about Chin in the Elephant Database
Extern Link Read about Copenhagen Zoo in the Elephant Database
conflict

This elephant misses his mahout, authorities seek police help

2024-02-29 - Alappuzha, India.

Evoor Kannan, the elephant known for his murderous rage and with a history of killing two mahouts is in a bad mood these days. He had been gentle under the care of his former Mahout Sharath Parippally...


 Read more  But Share with

Extern Link Read about Evoor Kannan in the Elephant Database
Extern Link Read about Evoor Major Sri Krishnaswamy Temple in the Elephant Database
birth

Third elephant calf born in Beekse Bergen

2024-02-20 - Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands.

African elephant Punda has become the mother of a healthy elephant calf after a 22-month pregnancy. This is the third calf born in the Safari Park Beekse Bergen k in four months. Never before have thr...


 Read more  But Share with

Extern Link Read about Tendai in the Elephant Database
Extern Link Read about Beekse Bergen Safaripark in the Elephant Database
death

Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium’s elephant calf dies at age 2

2024-02-15 - Pittsburgh, United States.

The zoo said Tsuni died Thursday after a sudden, brief battle with elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV). Her EEHV was detected through routine blood testing on Feb. 8, even though she presente...


 Read more  But Share with

Extern Link Read about Tsuni in the Elephant Database
Extern Link Read about Fairhope Conservation Center in the Elephant Database

Extern relevant Links (external link which opens in new window):
The Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus


Extern relevant Links (external link which opens in new window):
The Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus
death

Farewell to Seoul"s oldest elephant passing at age of 59

2024-02-15 - Seoul, South Korea.

The oldest female elephant in South Korea passed away Tuesday at a zoo in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, at the age of 59, zoo officials said Thursday. The female elephant, named Sakura, had suffered fr...


 Read more  But Share with

Extern Link Read about Sakura Jjang in the Elephant Database
Extern Link Read about Seoul Grand Park Zoo in the Elephant Database
birth

A star is born: Baby elephant debuts

2024-01-30 - Bangalore, India.

The Bannerghatta Biological Park is brimming with excitement as it welcomes a delightful new addition—a baby boy elephant calf. This adorable arrival brings the elephant count in the Bannerghatta zo...


 Read more  But Share with

Extern Link Read about unknown in the Elephant Database
Extern Link Read about Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo in the Elephant Database
death

Guruvayur Kannan, nine-time winner of elephant race, dies at 62

2024-01-27 - Guruvayur, India.

Elephant Kannan, of the Guruvayur Devaswom Elephant Camp, a nine-time winner of the festival-related elephant race, has passed away. His demise was around 5:30 pm on Saturday. The tusker's age at the ...


 Read more  But Share with

Extern Link Read about Guruvayur Kannan in the Elephant Database
Extern Link Read about Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp in the Elephant Database
poaching

A baby elephant is found dead

2024-01-27 - Koh Nhek, Cambodia.

Villagers found a baby elephant dead in Koh Nhek district, Mondulkiri province in the middle of the forest​ on January 26, 2024, suspected of being shot. Mondulkiri Provincial department of environm...


 Read more  But Share with
evolution

Discoveries: The Evolutionary Edge of Elephant Trunks and Ancient Giants

2024-01-13 - Beijing, China.

A recent study published in the journal eLife has uncovered new findings on the development of dextrous trunks by indigenous elephants. According to Dr. Shi-Qi Wang, a senior author of the research, t...


 Read more  But Share with
poaching

Alleged poaching kills 46-year-old Sumatran elephant in Riau park

2024-01-13 - Pekanbaru, Indonesia.

The Tesso Nilo National Park in Pelalawan District, Riau Province, again lost one of its Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) after a poacher allegedly killed it for its tusks. The 46-year...


 Read more  But Share with

Extern Link Read about Rahman in the Elephant Database
Extern Link Read about Tesso Nilo WWF-BKSDA Flying Squad camp in the Elephant Database
fossil

Celebration of Elephants: A Must-see New Exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History

2024-01-11 - New York, United States.

In a narrow but sprawling curatorial space at the uptown museum, The Secret World of Elephants, now opened, tells the story of elephant species and their relatives through life-size models, videos, gr...


 Read more  But Share with
Extern Link Read about American Museum of Natural History in the Elephant Database
conflict

Workshop On Handling Human-Wildlife Conflicts

2024-01-11 - Mysore, India.

In response to the escalating threat posed by leopards, elephants and other wild animals in the Mysuru region, specialised task forces have been established to address the situation. A dedicated Leopa...


 Read more  But Share with
death

Los Angeles Zoo mourns loss of 53-year-old Asian elephant Shaunzi

2024-01-04 - Los Angeles, United States.

The Los Angeles Zoo is grieving the death of 53-year-old Asian elephant Shaunzi. Zoo staff observed that Shaunzi was unable to stand up in her exhibit at around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday night, according t...


 Read more  But Share with

Extern Link Read about Shaunzi in the Elephant Database
Extern Link Read about Los Angeles Zoo in the Elephant Database


Back in history: 1 » »»

Elephant News

ELEPHANT NEWS

Established 2001
Search for keywords


Locations of visitors to this page Warning: Undefined array key "HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE" in /customers/1/c/1/elephant-news.com/httpd.www/inc/left.inc.php on line 71 Editor Dan KoehlGuestbookArchive+1995-2023 Latest headlinesBy countriesBy locationsElephant BooksSubmit NewsContact EditorAbout elephant-news.comLink to us!Links to newssitesTo Elephant FactsHeadlines