Hoop an African savanna elephant at Africam Safari (Puebla Zoo)

♂ Hoop

Identification


Description

Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 4 years old
Management:	Unknown
Origin
Born:	* 2017-08-29 captive-born , number 2
Birth place:	in Africam Safari (Puebla Zoo)

Parents:	♂ Big Boy(unconfirmed) OR Mediano (unconfirmed) x ♀ Independiente
Locations
Present / last location:	Africam Safari (Puebla Zoo), in Mexico

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

2017-08-29	Africam Safari (Puebla Zoo)

Document updated	2018-03-02: new 2020-08-11: name, birth records
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Description

Location

Hoop is a living Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), located at Africam Safari (Puebla Zoo), in Mexico.

Hoop arrived Africam Safari (Puebla Zoo) 2017-08-29,

In Africam Safari (Puebla Zoo), Hoop lives together with 18 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

♂ Arik born 2020-08-00
♂ Big Boy born 2002
♀ Bolita
♀ Ceja
♀ Honney Ball born 1961
♀ Independiente
♀ India born 1970
♀ Kibili born 2018-08-10
♀ Lester born 2020-11-11
♀ Lider
♀ Lunar
♂ Mediano
♂ Ramos born 1974
♂ Sarabi born 2017-05-16
♀ Timida
♀ Utukuri born 2019-11-28
♂ Vampi
♂ Zoom born 2020-08-01

detailed list

Origin

Hoop was born captive-born as birth number 2 2017-08-29 at Africam Safari (Puebla Zoo).

Parentage

Parents of Hoop are: ♂ (father) Big Boy (unconfirmed) OR ♂ Mediano (unconfirmed)
and ♀ Independiente (mother).

Siblings through the mother Independiente:

2020-08-00(M) Arik

Pedigree

**Hoops pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Hoop	Sire:	Sire:	Sire:
		Sire:	Dame:
		Dame:	Sire:
		Dame:	Dame:
	Dame: Independiente	Sire:	Sire:
		Sire:	Dame:
		Dame:	Sire:
		Dame:	Dame:

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Hoop, an African savanna elephant at Africam Safari (Puebla Zoo) in Mexico. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 14 April 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16773. (archived at the Wayback machine)