ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Paris M&#233;nagerie, France</TITLE> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META name="title" content="Asian elephants at the M&#233;nagerie du Jardin des Plantes de Paris"> <META name="keywords" content="zoo, elephant, Menagerie, Jardin des Plantes, Paris"> <META name="description" content="Asian elephants at the zoological gardens of the world"> <LINK rel="StyleSheet" type="text/css" href="../data/look.css"> <LINK rel="Shortcut Icon" href="../elephas.ico"> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="../data/container.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="../data/eletop.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT>var annee = new Date();</SCRIPT> </HEAD> <BODY leftmargin=2 bgcolor=E0E0E0> <SCRIPT language=JavaScript> function gall(showtext) { document.getElementById('showfeld').innerHTML=showtext; } onload=scrollInit; </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript">d.write(menu.sm)</SCRIPT> <DIV align=center> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=995> <TBODY class=wup> <TR><TD width=28><IMG src="../pics/bl.gif"></TD> <TD align=center width=789 style="background-image: url(../pics/cb.gif); 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background-repeat: repeat-x"> Photos of the Asian elephants at the M&#233;nagerie du Jardin des Plantes de Paris in France</TD> <TD><IMG src="../pics/er.gif"></TD></TR> </TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE class=boz border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=995> <TBODY> <TR><TD align=center valign=bottom height=22 width="34%"> <B>M&#233;nagerie du Jardin des Plantes : 29 Photos</B></TD> <TD class=allb rowspan=5 height=505 width="66%"> <DIV id="showfeld"><IMG src="PaJdP21.jpg" border=1><BR> Photo 21: Elephant exhibit in the 1970&#146;s - Zoo Book</TD></TR> <TR><TD class=all align=center height=28>The zoo keeps no more Asian elephants since 1976</TD></TR> <TR><TD align=center height=18> <DIV id="divUp"> <A class=heb href="#" onmouseover="scroll(-10)" onmouseout="noScroll()"> <IMG border=0 src="../pics/eleup.gif"></A></DIV></TD></TR> <TR><TD align=center height=400> <DIV id="divCont" style="visibility:visible;"> <DIV id="divSent" style="visibility:visible;" class=all> &nbsp;Photo 21 - 1970's: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Photo 22 - 07/2003: <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP21.jpg border=1><BR>Photo 21: Elephant exhibit in the 1970&#146;s - Zoo Book');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP21p.jpg"></A>&nbsp; <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP22.jpg border=1><BR>Photo 22: The Rotonde, former pachyderm house - Copyright &#169; 07/2003 by Jonas Livet');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP22p.jpg"></A> <BR> Postcard 19 - 1920's: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Photo 20 - 1970's:&nbsp;&nbsp; <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP19.jpg border=1><BR>Postcard 19: Rachel in the 1920&#146;s');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP19p.jpg"></A>&nbsp; <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP20.jpg border=1><BR>Photo 20: Elephant exhibit in the 1970&#146;s - Zoo Book');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP20p.jpg"></A> <BR> Postcard 17 - 1920's: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Postcard 18 - 1920's: <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP17.jpg border=1><BR>Postcard 17: Rachel in the 1920&#146;s');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP17p.jpg"></A>&nbsp; <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP18.jpg border=1><BR>Postcard 18: Rachel in the 1920&#146;s');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP18p.jpg"></A> <BR> Postcard 15 - 1920's: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Postcard 16 - 1920's: <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP15.jpg border=1><BR>Postcard 15: Rachel in the 1920&#146;s');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP15p.jpg"></A>&nbsp; <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP16.jpg border=1><BR>Postcard 16: Rachel in the 1920&#146;s');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP16p.jpg"></A> <BR> Postcard 13 - 1910's: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Postcard 14 - 1920's: <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP13.jpg border=1><BR>Postcard 13: Rachel in the 1910&#146;s');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP13p.jpg"></A>&nbsp; <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP14.jpg border=1><BR>Postcard 14: Rachel in the 1920&#146;s');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP14p.jpg"></A> <BR> Postcard 11 - 1910's: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Postcard 12 - 1910's: <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP11.jpg border=1><BR>Postcard 11: Asian elephant in the 1910&#146;s');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP11p.jpg"></A>&nbsp; <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP12.jpg border=1><BR>Postcard 12: Rachel in the 1910&#146;s');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP12p.jpg"></A> <BR> Postcard 09 - 1910's: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Postcard 10 - 1910's: <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP09.jpg border=1><BR>Postcard 09: Koutch in the 1910&#146;s');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP09p.jpg"></A>&nbsp; <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP10.jpg border=1><BR>Postcard 10: Koutch in the 1910&#146;s');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP10p.jpg"></A> <BR> Postcard 07 - 1900's: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Postcard 08 - 1900's: <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP07.jpg border=1><BR>Postcard 07: Koutch and Sarrith in the 1900&#146;s');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP07p.jpg"></A>&nbsp; <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP08.jpg border=1><BR>Postcard 08: Asian elephant in the 1900&#146;s');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP08p.jpg"></A> <BR> Postcard 05 - 1900's: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Postcard 06 - 1900's: <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP05.jpg border=1><BR>Postcard 05: Asian elephant in the 1900&#146;s');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP05p.jpg"></A>&nbsp; <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP06.jpg border=1><BR>Postcard 06: Asian elephant in the 1900&#146;s');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP06p.jpg"></A> <BR> Postcard 03 - 1900's: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Postcard 04 - 1900's: <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP03.jpg border=1><BR>Postcard 03: Elephant exhibit in the 1900&#146;s');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP03p.jpg"></A>&nbsp; <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP04.jpg border=1><BR>Postcard 04: Elephant exhibit in the 1900&#146;s');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP04p.jpg"></A> <BR> Postcard 01 - 1900's: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Postcard 02 - 1900's: <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP01.jpg border=1><BR>Postcard 01: Asian elephant in the 1900&#146;s');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP01p.jpg"></A>&nbsp; <A onclick="gall('<IMG src=PaJdP02.jpg border=1><BR>Postcard 02: Asian elephant in the 1900&#146;s');" href="#"><IMG border=1 src="PaJdP02p.jpg"></A> </DIV></DIV> </TD></TR> <TR><TD align=center valign=top height=37> <DIV id="divDown"><A class=heb href="#" onmouseover="scroll(10)" onmouseout="noScroll()"> <IMG border=0 src="../pics/eledown.gif"></A></DIV></TD></TR> </TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE><TBODY><TR><A name="Elephants"><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=995> <TBODY class=bak> <TR> <TD><IMG src="../pics/el.gif"></TD> <TD width="100%" align=center style="background-image: url(../pics/sb.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x"> Record of the Asian elephants at the M&#233;nagerie du Jardin des Plantes de Paris</TD> <TD><IMG src="../pics/er.gif"></TD></TR> </TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE class=boz border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width=995> <TBODY> <TR><TD> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY class=all><TR> <TD width=70>Name</TD> <TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>5</TD></TR> <TR><TD colspan=130 bgcolor=000000></TD></TR> <TR><TD height=3></TD></TR> <TR><TD>1.0 Hans</TD><TD colspan=129>23.03.1798 from the Netherlands - 17.01.1802 &#134;</TD></TR> <TR><TD height=3></TD></TR> <TR><TD>0.1 Parkie</TD><TD colspan=129>23.03.1798 from the Netherlands - 08/1804 &#134;</TD></TR> <TR><TD height=3></TD></TR> <TR><TD>0.1 --</TD><TD colspan=129>09/1820 - 1839 &#134;</TD></TR> <TR><TD height=3></TD></TR> <TR><TD>1.0 Roger</TD><TD colspan=129>17.06.1843 - 16.03.1859 &#134;</TD></TR> <TR><TD height=3></TD></TR> <TR><TD>1.0 Bangkok</TD><TD colspan=129>16.11.1862 - 08.05.1882 &#134;</TD></TR> <TR><TD height=1></TD></TR><TR><TD colspan=130 bgcolor=C0C0C0 height=1></TD></TR><TR><TD height=1></TD></TR> <TR><TD>0.1 Jussia</TD><TD colspan=129>16.11.1862 - 09.12.1888 &#134;</TD></TR> <TR><TD height=3></TD></TR> <TR><TD>1.0 Koutch</TD><TD class=3 colspan=15>28.10.1894 - 11.</TD><TD colspan=114>07.15 &#134;</TD></TR> <TR><TD height=3></TD></TR> <TR><TD>0.1 Sarrith</TD><TD class=3 colspan=7>23.04.1</TD><TD colspan=122>899 - 01.08.07 &#134;</TD></TR> <TR><TD height=3></TD></TR> <TR><TD>0.1 Rachel</TD><TD colspan=2>26</TD><TD class=3 colspan=30>.04.02 - 09.11.31 &#134;</TD><TD colspan=97></TD></TR> <TR><TD height=3></TD></TR> <TR><TD>1.0 Bebe</TD><TD colspan=32>01/1932 from Cir. Amar - ca. <I>1940</I> &#134;</TD><TD class=3 colspan=9></TD><TD colspan=88></TD></TR> <TR><TD height=1></TD></TR><TR><TD colspan=130 bgcolor=C0C0C0 height=1></TD></TR><TR><TD height=1></TD></TR> <TR><TD>0.1 Jenny</TD><TD colspan=32>01/1932 from Cir. Amar - ca. <I>1940</I> &#134;</TD><TD class=3 colspan=9></TD><TD colspan=88></TD></TR> <TR><TD height=3></TD></TR> <TR><TD>1.0 --</TD><TD colspan=41>27.07.41 - 28.04.76 &#134;</TD><TD class=3 colspan=36></TD><TD colspan=52></TD></TR> <TR><TD height=2></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> </TD></TR> </TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE><TBODY><TR><A name="History"><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=995> <TBODY class=bak> <TR> <TD><IMG src="../pics/el.gif"></TD> <TD width="100%" align=center style="background-image: url(../pics/sb.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x"> Additional photos of the Asian elephants at the M&#233;nagerie du Jardin des Plantes de Paris</TD> <TD><IMG src="../pics/er.gif"></TD></TR> </TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE class=boz border=0 cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=1 width=995> <TBODY class=allb> <TR> <TD><IMG border=1 src="hPaJdP01.jpg"><BR>Koutch in the 1900's</TD> <TD><IMG border=1 src="hPaJdP02.jpg"><BR>Rachel in the 1920's</TD> <TD><IMG border=1 src="hPaJdP03.jpg"><BR>Koutch in the 1910's</TD></TR> <TR> <TD rowspan=2><IMG border=1 src="hPaJdP04.jpg"><BR>Rachel in the 1920's</TD> <TD rowspan=2><IMG border=1 src="hPaJdP05.jpg"><BR>Painting of Bangkok 1881</TD> <TD><IMG border=1 src="hPaJdP06.jpg"><BR>Koutch and Sarrith in the 1900's</TD></TR> <TR> <TD><IMG border=1 src="hPaJdP07.jpg"><BR>The Rotonde 2003</TD></TR> <TR height=28 valign=bottom> <TD colspan=3>Historical information about the Rotonde</TD></TR> <TR> <TD colspan=3 class=all>The Rotonde is the oldest building of the M&#233;nagerie du Jardin des Plantes and the first house built for large mammals at a zoological garden. Designed by the architect Molinos, it was built from 1804 to 1812. Originally scheduled to house carnivores, also large herbivores like elephants, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, buffaloes and camels inhabited the Rotonde over the years.<BR><BR> The most famous animal which used to live inside the Rotonde was the giraffe Zarafa, a gift from the viceroy of Egypt to King Charles X and the first giraffe that ever lived in France. She was shipped from Alexandria together with three cows for her daily milk and landed in Marseille in November 1826. During her arduous and six months lasting march through France she was hailed as a queen by the people. By the time the convoy reached Lyon, the giraffe was so famous that 30,000 people turned out to see her. After being presented on a parade in Paris to King Charles X, Zarafa became a real star for the following years.<BR><BR> Since 1934, during the construction of the Parc Zoologique in Paris Vincennes, the large herbivores were gradually transferred to the new zoo. The last Asian elephant, unnamed and sole throughout his lifetime, still remained until his death in 1976. In 1986, this beautiful building was nearly a ruin and it was completely renovated. The general appearance after the restoration is consistent with the spirit carried out around 1880, when heavy grates were built around the outside enclosures, from which are still a few foundations and pillars marking the entrance to the building.<BR><BR> Today there is the Microzoo exhibited in three of the five halls of the Rotonde. Visitors discover by microscope a multitude of microscopic animals which are living for example in the earth. The old cobblestones in the outdoor exhibits are now overgrown and form a single grass structure, where are living Seychelles giant tortoises during the summer seasons. Kiki, the largest turtle is about 120 years old the best known resident of the Rotonde in our days.<BR><BR></TD></TR> </TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE><TBODY><TR><A name="Births"><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=995> <TBODY class=bak> <TR> <TD><IMG src="../pics/el.gif"></TD> <TD width="100%" align=center style="background-image: url(../pics/sb.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x"> Births of Asian elephants at the M&#233;nagerie du Jardin des Plantes de Paris in its history</TD> <TD><IMG src="../pics/er.gif"></TD></TR> </TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE class=boz border=0 cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=1 width=995> <TBODY class=allb> <TR><TD>There has never been born an Asian elephant at this zoo</TD></TR> </TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=995> <TBODY> <TR><TD height=6></TD></TR> <TR><TD class=down align=center height=19> Copyright &#169; 2001 - <SCRIPT>document.write(annee.getYear());</SCRIPT> &nbsp;&nbsp;<A class=i href="http://www.asianelephant.net/" >www.asianelephant.net</A> &nbsp;&nbsp;All rights reserved.</TD></TR> <TR><TD height=5></TD></TR> </TBODY></TABLE></DIV></BODY></HTML>