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Tunga (Tonga) Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at Hawthorn Corporation in United States Biography
† Tunga (Tonga) is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , , who died 1996-09-19 at Hawthorn Corporation , in United States , . Official death reason described as massive heart failure. Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)?.
Offspring Total: 3 babies (M) 1982-10-01 -- † 2012-01-11 Sabu (Look Chai) SSP id: 69 (M) 1993-12-07 -- † 1993-12-15 Bernie SSP id: 349 (M) 1993-12-15 Nicholas (Nickolaus) SSP id: 351 Origin
Tunga (Tonga) was born wild 1964 .
Comments / pictures I know for a fact that a minimum of two of the Hawthorn elephants died from TB, Tunga, the bull I spent time with at the Portland Zoo and Joyce.
Wayne Jackson ,
Canada
Tonga may have killed his trainer Morgan Berry
in June, 1979.
Reference list References Koehl, Dan, (2025). Tunga (Tonga), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Hawthorn Corporation in United States . Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 February 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1483 . (archived at the Wayback machine )Sources used for this article is among others:
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