Peggy at Philadelphia Zoo

† Peggy

ID Number:	SSP Number: 174 -
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 53 years old
Dead date:	† 1994-02-10
Death reason:	euthanised: arthritis
Location:	Philadelphia Zoo
Arrived	Philadelphia Zoo 1947-07-08 from Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo) Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo) 1942-00-00 from
Born:	1941 wild Sri Lanka
Document updated	2009-11-22: Previous locations, Birth, SSP, Death RE 2010-12-31: Death RE
Peggy was euthanized shortly after collapsing due to debilitating arthritis. Sources, among others "Group wants answers in death of Petal the Elephant," Philly.com, 2008-06-19 "Table 4: Captive Elephants 1988-1999 and Additions to 1980-1988 Records," Elephant, The Publication of the Elephant Research Foundation, Vol 2 No 4, January 2000. p 65-71 Internal relevant links More elephants from: Philadelphia Zoo More elephants from: United States More elephants that was born: 1941 More elephants that died: 1994-02-10 All breeding cows All breeding bulls The elephant database startpage. Statistics List of all captive born elephants in the database Search more on the web for Peggy (The name Peggy is already submitted into the link, just click on the link for relevant results) elephant-news.com elefanten-fotolexikon.eu elefanten.wikia Google Books elephanttag.org and Asian Elephant Studbook 2003-2005, AZA North America (PDF) Asianelephant.net Buckles Blog ShowMe Elephants circushistory.org Billboard Elephant_Commentator ZooChat Share the page about Peggy

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