Gipsy (Gypsie) an African savanna elephant at Kolmarden Zoo

☨ ♀ Gipsy (Gypsie)
Gipsy (left), Donkey (right) and head elephant keeper Sven Mellgren.

Identification

Local id Number	3433

Description

Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 12 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1972 wild
Birth place:
Capture:	1973
Death
Dead date:	† 1984-09-14
Death reason:	disease: collapsed. Meningitis?
Locations
Present / last location:	Kolmarden Zoo, in Sweden

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

1973-04-18	Kolmarden Zoo

Document updated	2010-05-27: removed herpesvirus as death reason 2012-07-05: arrival date
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Description

† Gipsy (Gypsie) is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant, (Loxodonta africana), who died at Kolmarden Zoo, in Sweden, of disease in 1984-09-14. Official death reason described as collapsed. Meningitis?. (see detailed list).

Origin

Gipsy (Gypsie) was born wild 1972, captured 1973 .

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Gipsy (Gypsie), an African savanna elephant at Kolmarden Zoo in Sweden. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 April 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2160. (archived at the Wayback machine)