Walli
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Whipsnade Wild Animal Park in United Kingdom

Biography

☨ ♀ Walli
Walli in Whipsnade old elephant house 1971. Photo: Christoffer Brack, Wüppertal, Germany. Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100073098771893

Alternative name:	Vally, Valli

Identification

EEP nr	5015

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies:	Elephas maximus maximus
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 24 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1950 wild
Birth place:	in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1974-09-01
Death reason:	accident: fell into dry moat
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

1950-07-20	Whipsnade Wild Animal Park from United Kingdom (England) unspecified location

	United Kingdom (England) unspecified location from Port of Colombo

	Port of Colombo from Sri Lanka unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2021-10-28: picture

Latest document update	2021-10-28 10:27:06
Google map

† Walli is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1974-09-01 at Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, in United Kingdom, . Official death reason described as fell into dry moat.

Origin

Comments / pictures

Shipped from Colombo, according to EEP studbook.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Walli, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Whipsnade Wild Animal Park in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 24 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2146. (archived at the Wayback machine)