Sokotei
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
DSWT Ithumba in Kenya

Biography

☨ ♀ Sokotei
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Identification

Sheldrick orphans	312

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in unknown
Capture:	2014
Death
Dead:	†2018-04-28
Death location:	a few kilometres from the Ithumba Stockades
Death reason:	killed: by lions
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	DSWT Ithumba, in Kenya

Date of arrival

	DSWT Ithumba from DSWT Nairobi nursery

	DSWT Nairobi nursery from Samburu National Reserve

Record history
History of updates	2018-10-24: new record, death report

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Sokotei is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2018-04-28 at DSWT Ithumba, in Kenya, . Official death reason described as by lions.

Origin

Sokotei was born wild at unknown, captured 2014 .

Comments / pictures

2018-04-28: On the 28th April we were devastated by the terrible news that our dear four year old little Sokotei had been killed by lions a few kilometres from the Ithumba Stockades.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Sokotei, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at DSWT Ithumba in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 December 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12059. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/updates/updates.asp?ID=1078
Sokotei on Elephant Orphan Profiles, at sheldrickwildlifetrust.org, website for The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

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Sokotei on Elephant Orphan Profiles, at sheldrickwildlifetrust.org, website for The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

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Categories2018 deaths | 2014 captures | Elephants from DSWT Ithumba | Kenya | African savanna elephants

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