Louie (Old Diamond) an African Bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) at Knoxville Zoo
| ☨ Louie (Old Diamond) | |
|---|---|
| ID nr: | SSP Number: 11 - |
| Species: | African Bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) |
| Sex and age: | Male ♂ 34 years old |
| Dead date: | † 1980-09-10 |
| Death reason: | disease: infection associated, generalized toxicity; buried |
| Location: | Knoxville Zoo |
| Arrival | Knoxville Zoo 1962-00-00 from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus 1955-07-00 from Cecil R. Montgomery Cecil R. Montgomery 1955-00-00 from International Fertilizer and Chemical Company (Fred Zeehandelaar) |
| Born: | * 1946 wild |
| Capture: | 1947, |
| Offspring, year of birth, year of death: |
Total: 2 babies |
| Document updated | 2008-12-25: SSP, Birth, Death 2009-11-24: text |
Fred Zeehandelaar imported a bush elephant from Tanganyika (or Kenya), but he was only a punk. We knew him later as Diamond, and he was delivered to RBBB during its 1955 date in Detroit. Richard Reynolds The African elephant "Diamond", was trained by Hugo Schmitt 1957 in Sarasota and well remembered from his latter days in the Knoxville Zoo. William Buckles Woodcock Reference listKoehl, D., (2020). Louie (Old Diamond), an African Bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) at Knoxville Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 October 2020 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2469. (archived at the Wayback machine)Sources used for this article is among others:
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