Rebecca
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Performing Animal Welfare Society / ARK 2000 (PAWS) in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Rebecca  dead elephant

Identification

SSP nr418

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 50 years old
Body weight: 3700.00 kg, 8140.00 lbs
Origin
Born:* 1961 wild
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead: 2011-01-08
Death reason: euthanised: polyathritis, Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Performing Animal Welfare Society / ARK 2000 (PAWS), in United States

Date of arrival

2004-01-20Performing Animal Welfare Society / ARK 2000 (PAWS)
from Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)

2002-09-21Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
from Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation

2000-06-10Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation
from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

1978-00-00Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
from Circus World (Polk City)

1974-02-04Circus World (Polk City)
from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

1972-00-00Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 1972-00-00
from Billy Smart Circus (William Smart Circus)

Record history
History of updates2023-02-11

Latest document update2021-11-20 12:58:38
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† Rebecca is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2011-01-08 at Performing Animal Welfare Society / ARK 2000 (PAWS), in United States, . Official death reason described as polyathritis, Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)?.

Origin

Rebecca was born wild 1961 at Asia unspecified location.


Comments / pictures

2001: Tested TB-positive on Trunk wash.
2001-01-08: Euthanised Jan 8 because of intractable pain from longstanding Arthritis.
2004: On January 20, 2004 Rebecca, Minnie and Annie moved to ARK2000.
2011: The U.S. Department of Agriculture found that Rebecca that died at PAWS tested positive for TB, according to Necropsy reports.

From her past: That's a tumor on the females face, this can happen to underweight elephants from sleeping on hard surfaces and usually appear on the cheek bone, shoulder or hip. When about the size of a golf ball you can tighten a rubber band around them and they fall off, if neglected they will grow large but can still be easily removed. One of the Ringling elephants in my charge "Rebecca" had one this size on her left knee cap and Dr. Laughlin simply cut an "x" in it, peeled back the four corners like an orange, removed the innards and stitched the skin back.
Buckles Woodcock

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Rebecca, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Performing Animal Welfare Society / ARK 2000 (PAWS) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1749. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories2011 deaths | 1961 births | Elephants from Performing Animal Welfare Society / ARK 2000 (PAWS) | United States | Asian elephants


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