Olmeg an African Bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) at Tsavo National Park

Olmeg

ID Number:

Local id Number: 25 -

Species:

African Bush elephant (Loxodonta africana)

Sex and age:

Male ♂ 33 years old

Management:

wild

Location:

Arrival

Tsavo National Park 2002-00-00
from David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Voi

David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Voi 1989-00-00
from David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Nairobi nursery

Born:

* 1987-02-00 wild

Document updated

2018-10-20: link, photo

Olmeg was the very first infant African Elephant to have been successfully hand reared from juvenile age.

Koehl, D., (2020). Olmeg, an African Bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) at Tsavo National Park in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 September 2020 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2496. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Olmeg on Elephant Orphan Profiles, at sheldrickwildlifetrust.org, website for The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

(The name Olmeg is already submitted into the link, just click on the link for relevant results)