† Kiba (Chupa) is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2009-12-17 at Nashville Zoo, in United States, . Official death reason described as degenerative joint disease.
Kiba (Chupa) was born wild 1982, captured 1984 . and imported 1984 by Jumbolair (Arthur Jones), Air, private Boeing 707
In January 1988, an unknown location named as "Pymatunin" in the North American Regional Studbook for the African Elephant purchased the elephant named Chupa from David Meeks. In 1990, she was sold to another unknown location named as "Waterwhee" in the Studbook, where her name was changed to Kiba. The Pankow's bought her in 1992 from the sideshow. In April 1995, Kiba and another cow were transferred to the Nashville Zoo. In September 1999, a third cow, Sukari, joined the pair. All three elephants were owned by Pankow's Pachyderms, a private Group run by Chuck and Rise Pankow. In March 2007, the three African cows of the Nashville Zoo were weighed with portable scales from the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Sukari weighed 9500 pounds, Hadari weiged 9800 pounds, and Kiba weighed five tons. In September 2007, a first attempt to artificially inseminate Kiba by Nashville Zoo elephant staff and renowned elephant reproductive expert Dr. Dennis Schmitt was made. In March of the next year it was found the effort failed. It was announced further inseminations would be attempted. In December 2009, Kiba was euthanized due to degenerative joint disease. The problem stemmed from an ankle injury she received before being purchased by the Pankow's in 1992. She was buried on the zoo property.
(The name Kiba (Chupa) is already submitted into the link, just click on the link for relevant results)
