Sukari an African savanna elephant at Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES)

♀ Sukari
Sukari. Nashville Zoo 07-2007. Photo: © Amanda Pippin
Sukari. Nashville Zoo 07-2007. Photo: © Amanda Pippin
Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 37 years old
Id numberSSP Number: (407)
Management:Protected contact
Origin
Born:* 1984 wild
Birth place:
Capture: 1985
Locations
Present / last location:Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES), in United States
Date of Arrival
(Presently sometimes errors!)
2015-11-04Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES)
from Nashville Zoo
Nashville Zoo 1999-09-16
from Reston Animal Park
Reston Animal Park 1985-08-00
from Worldwide Primates
Document updated2009-01-04: Previous locations, Birth, Text, Image RE
2011-04-27: Previous locations RE
2018-03-31: transfer to TES
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Description

Location

Sukari is a Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), living in Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES), in United States.

Sukari arrived in Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES) 2015-11-04, relocated from Nashville Zoo, in United States.

In Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES), Sukari lives together with 10 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

  1. ♀ Billie (Billy) born 1953
    2. ,
  2. ♀ Debbie born 1971
    3. ,
  3. ♀ Flora born 1982
    4. ,
  4. ♀ Minnie (Packy II, Talli) born 1966
    5. ,
  5. ♀ Nosey (Tiny, Peanut) born 1982
    6. ,
  6. ♀ Ronnie (Maharani) born 1966
    7. ,
  7. ♀ Shirley born 1948
    8. ,
  8. ♀ Sissy (Gerry II) born 1968
    9. ,
  9. ♀ Tange born 1975
    10. ,
  10. ♀ Tarra (Fluffie) born 1974
    11. , (see detailed list).

Origin

Sukari was born wild 1984, captured 1985 .


Comments / pictures

Sukari was owned by Pankow's Pachyderms, under Chuck Pankow and family.



Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Sukari, an African savanna at Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2084. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Categories1984 births | 1985 captures | Elephants from Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES) | United States | African savanna elephants


This document was updated: 2020-10-18 06:25:24


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