Deborah (wild)
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Amboseli National Park in Kenya

Biography

☨ ♀ Deborah (wild)

Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* <1973 wild
Birth place:	in Amboseli National Park
Death
Dead:	†2014-09-07
Death reason:	:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Amboseli National Park, in Kenya

Date of arrival

	Amboseli National Park
Record history
History of updates	2018-07-01: new record, dead

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Deborah (wild) is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2014-09-07 at Amboseli National Park, in Kenya, .

Origin

Deborah (wild) was born wild <1973 at Amboseli National Park.

Comments / pictures

74, 65 or 40 years old??

Her real age is unknown, except for that she must have been born before 1973, and is referred to as "original matriarchs from the 1970s" AND NOT "original matriarchs from the 1960s" OR "original matriarchs from the 1950s"

Contradictory records:
Claimed by ATE

2014-09-08: Deborah was well into her 60s (we’ll know her age more exactly when we’ve seen her teeth). I first met her in 1973 and have followed her life for more than 40 years

2018-05-18: It's always a bit sad finding pictures of elephants who have died, but this is one of our favorite images of one of our grand old ladies. Taken three months before she died of old age at 74, we love this picture of Deborah

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Deborah (wild), African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 November 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=11768. (archived at the Wayback machine)