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Mysterious tusker in Wilhelma

While sorting my 600 photos from my Switzerland-Germany zoo-tour in 1980, I found this photo of the rhino enclosure. To the left there is a tusker. Could it be the African female Jumbo, arrived 1955, or did Wilhelma had a male on breeding loan? I can't find any record of an Asian male in Stuttgart at that time. See elephant database: www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=413&show=6 Does anyone know? (To my surprise I found that Radza, the breeding bull at Emmen, was at Wilhelma 68-72).

Mysterious tusker in Wilhelma
Benzoo, 25 Feb 2010
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    • Benzoo
      While sorting my 600 photos from my Switzerland-Germany zoo-tour in 1980, I found this photo of the rhino enclosure. To the left there is a tusker. Could it be the African female Jumbo, arrived 1955, or did Wilhelma had a male on breeding loan? I can\'t find any record of an Asian male in Stuttgart at that time.
      See elephant database: www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=413&show=6
      Does anyone know?
      (To my surprise I found that Radza, the breeding bull at Emmen, was at Wilhelma 68-72).
      25 Feb 2010
    • zoomaniac
      I'm not a "Wilhelma"-expert, but as far as I know, Stuttgart had a female african elephant during that time you have visited this institution.
      25 Feb 2010
    • Benzoo
      Thank you Zoomaniac. Thats probably the answer.
      25 Feb 2010
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