Sabi
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Rhenen Zoo in Netherlands

Biography

☨ ♀ Sabi
Sabi and head elephantkeeper Marcus Linder, Augsburg Zoo. Photo: Gunther Barth, Erfurt.

Identification

EEP nr	8404

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 34 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1984 wild
Birth place:	in Zimbabwe unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†2018-01-02
Death reason:	euthanised: constipation
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Rhenen Zoo, in Netherlands

Date of arrival

2011-11-24	Rhenen Zoo from Augsburg Zoo

1987-04-01	Augsburg Zoo from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

1986-08-01	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) from Wingst Baby Zoo

	Wingst Baby Zoo from Firma Ruhe

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-18:

Latest document update	2024-03-22 15:58:19
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† Sabi is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2018-01-02 at Rhenen Zoo, in Netherlands, . Official death reason described as constipation.

Casualties

1 casualties

2011-10-20: elephant keeper Anton Weber attacked by Sabi. Anton Weber Survived. Augsburg Zoo transferred their elephants to Protected Contact

Origin

Sabi was born wild 1984 at Zimbabwe unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

1987: Delivered in Agsburg by elephant keeper Jens Rüchel from Hagenbeck, who transported the small elephant baby in a horse transport from Hamburg to Augsburg.
2011-10-20: Sabi attacked an elephant keeper during morning cleaning.
2011-11-24: "Elefantendame Sabi and Franzi from Zoo Augsburg have a new home in Zoo Rhenen." //Jaroslav Vanecek

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Sabi, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Rhenen Zoo in Netherlands. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 6 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=155. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Marcus Linder, Augsburg Zoo
Jaroslav Vanecek
https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Ber-Naturwiss-Ver-fuer-Schwaben_95_0034-0064.pdf
African Elephant Studbook, Europe Regional EEP
by Amelia Terkel, Zoological center Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Israel

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List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
More elephants from: Rhenen Zoo
More elephants from: Netherlands
More elephants that was born: 1984
More elephants that died: 2018-01-02
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