Selengai
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Tsavo National Park in Kenya

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Selengai  dead elephant

Identification

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Description

Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 9 years old
Origin
Born:* 2003-03-00 wild
Birth place:
Capture: 2003 Sosian Ranch Laikipia
Death
Dead: 2012-10-02
Death reason: poached:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Tsavo National Park, in Kenya

Date of arrival

Tsavo National Park
from DSWT Ithumba

2004-06-18DSWT Ithumba
from DSWT Nairobi nursery

Record history
History of updates2021-02-22

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Selengai is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2012-10-02 at Tsavo National Park, in Kenya, .

Origin

Selengai was born wild 2003-03-00, captured 2003 , captured at Sosian Ranch Laikipia .


Comments / pictures

Selengai's body was discovered on the 4th October 2012, already in a state of decay, rotting from within from the effects of the poison, which is sometimes dipped into sulphuric acid to render it more lethal. She probably died on the 2nd

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Selengai, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Tsavo National Park in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2554. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories2012 deaths | 2003 births | 2003 captures | Elephants from Tsavo National Park | Kenya | African savanna elephants


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