Tuffi
Sign in to savethumb|The Wupper river, between Schwebebahn stations Alter Markt and Adlerbrücke thumb|Painting of Tuffi on a house wall in Wuppertal facing the Schwebebahn thumb|Bronze sculpture of Tuffi by Jörg Mazur Tuffi (born 1946, India – died in 1989, Paris, France) was a female Asian elephant that became famous in West Germany during 1950 when she accidentally fell from the Wuppertal Schwebebahn into the River Wupper underneath.
Article
2 sectionsContents
- See also
- References
thumb|The Wupper river, between Schwebebahn stations Alter Markt and Adlerbrücke thumb|Painting of Tuffi on a house wall in Wuppertal facing the Schwebebahn thumb|Bronze sculpture of Tuffi by Jörg Mazur Tuffi (born 1946, India – died in 1989, Paris, France) was a female Asian elephant that became famous in West Germany during 1950 when she accidentally fell from the Wuppertal Schwebebahn into the River Wupper underneath.
On 21 July 1950, the circus director had Tuffi, then four years old, travel on the suspended monorail in Wuppertal, as a publicity stunt. The elephant trumpeted wildly and ran through the carriage, broke through a window and fell into the River Wupper, suffering only minor injuries. A panic broke out in the carriage and some passengers were injured. Althoff helped the elephant out of the water. Both the circus director and the official who had allowed the ride were fined. Tuffi was sold to in 1968; she died there in 1989.