† Duchess is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1980-12-26 at Lambton Lion Park, in United Kingdom, . Official death reason described as peritonitis.
Duchess was born wild 1968.
The elephant,Duchess, from Hoffman's went to Blackpool zoo for a short time in the 70's.Hoffmans would 'rest' their Herd at the zoo when playing at the Tower.She easily escaped the exhibit and was transfered to Lambton Lion Park in the North East of England which was created by Jimmy Chipperfield with the Lambton family witin the grounds of Lambton Castle,County Durham.She died in 1980 of peritonitis from supposedly eating glass. Glenn Sullivan Duchess died at Lambton Lion Park on 26th December 1980 from peritonitis, which was reportedly caused by eating the glass from a broken window in the elephant house.
The elephant,Duchess, from Hoffman's went to Blackpool zoo for a short time in the 70's.Hoffmans would 'rest' their Herd at the zoo when playing at the Tower.She easily escaped the exhibit and was transfered to Lambton Lion Park in the North East of England which was created by Jimmy Chipperfield with the Lambton family witin the grounds of Lambton Castle,County Durham.She died in 1980 of peritonitis from supposedly eating glass.
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