Elephants at zoo locations in Spain

23 zoo locations has kept elephants in Spain
There is presently 58 (14,44) living elephants in zoo locations in Spain (in this database)
Region: Spain is in this database included in europeOther regions
Location holdings:

23 zoo locations has kept 126 elephants in Spain

(Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)

Elephants in zoo locations58 (14,44) living68 (23,43) dead
Sex ratio and
Management:
 Male  14 / 58 
 24%
 Female  44 / 58 
 76%
 Free contact  13 / 58 
 22%
 Protected contact  15 / 58 
 26%
 No contact  13 / 58 
 22%
 Unknown contact  17 / 58 
 29%
 wild  0 / 58  0%

Humans that populated the banks of the river Manzanares (Madrid, Spain) during the Middle Palaeolithic (between 127,000 and 40,000 years ago) fed themselves on pachyderm meat and bone marrow. This is what a Spanish study shows and has found percussion and cut marks on elephant remains in the site of Preresa.


Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan, Facts about elephants in Spain. Elephant Encyclopedia, (2021) available online retrieved at https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=Spain.
(archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources, among others


Internal relevant links

  • The elephant database startpage. Statistics
  • News about elephants in Spain (From the sister site Elephant News)


    • NameElephant collectionTypePlaceDistrictProvinceStateRegion
    Aitana Safari park
    Kept totally 3 elephants    		, 2 present (0,2)0 births0 relocated1 deathszoo
    Aqualeon Zoo
    Kept totally 2 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)0 births1 relocated1 deathszooAlbinyana
    (map)
    Aranjuez royal menageri
    Kept totally 1 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)0 births1 relocated0 deathszooMadrid
    (map)
    Barcelona Zoo (Park Zoologic de Barcelona)
    Kept totally 21 elephants    		, 3 present (0,3)0 births3 relocated15 deathszooBarcelona
    (map)    		CataloniaProvince of Barcelonanortheastern Spain.
    Bioparc Valencia
    Kept totally 12 elephants    		, 8 present (2,6)0 births3 relocated1 deathszooValencia
    (map)
    Cabarceno Zoo Obregon
    Kept totally 40 elephants    		, 20 present (7,13)23 births5 relocated15 deathszooSantander
    (map)    		Cantabria
    Calle de Rioleon Safari Park
    Kept totally 0 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)0 births0 relocated0 deathszooBarcelona, Albinyana
    Cordoba Zoo
    Kept totally 1 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)0 births0 relocated1 deathszooCordoba
    Elche (Rio Safari Elche)
    Kept totally 6 elephants    		, 1 present (0,1)0 births5 relocated0 deathszooElche
    Estepona Selwo safari park
    Kept totally 11 elephants    		, 2 present (0,2)1 births4 relocated5 deathszooEstepona, Malaga
    Fuengirola zoo
    Kept totally 2 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)0 births2 relocated0 deathszooFuengirola
    Fuerteventura La Lajita Oasis Park
    Kept totally 3 elephants    		, 3 present (1,2)0 births0 relocated0 deathszooFuerteventuraIslas Canaria
    Jerez Frontera Zoo (La Fronti Zoo Botanico de Jerez)
    Kept totally 1 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)0 births1 relocated0 deathszooJerez de la Frontera, Cadiz
    Madrid Safari
    Kept totally 2 elephants    		, 2 present (0,2)0 births0 relocated0 deathszooMadrid
    Madrid Zoo (Casa de Campo)
    Kept totally 20 elephants    		, 7 present (3,4)5 births6 relocated7 deathszooMadrid
    (map)
    Madrid Zoo (Casa de Fieras)
    Kept totally 2 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)0 births0 relocated2 deathszooMadrid
    Mallorca Safari Park (Auto Safari Reserva Africana)
    Kept totally 8 elephants    		, 1 present (0,1)0 births5 relocated2 deathszooSan Lorenzo
    Sevilla Exotic animals reserve
    Kept totally 28 elephants    		, 5 present (1,4)0 births9 relocated14 deathszooCastillo de las Guardas (El)
    (map)
    Terra Natura theme park, Benidorm
    Kept totally 17 elephants    		, 4 present (0,4)0 births12 relocated1 deathszooBenidorm
    (map)    		Province of AlicanteValencian CommunitySpain Mediterranean coast
    Valencia Zoo (Zoo de Valencia)
    Kept totally 2 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)0 births0 relocated2 deathszooValencia
    Valwo Zoo (Valladolid)
    Kept totally 3 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)0 births2 relocated1 deathszooMatatpozuelos (Valladolid)
    Vergel Safari Park
    Kept totally 5 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)0 births5 relocated0 deathszooVergel
    (map)    		Comunidad ValencianaProvince of Alicante
    Yvonne Kludsky
    Kept totally 1 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)0 births1 relocated0 deathszoo


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