Selengai
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Tsavo National Park in Kenya

Biography

☨ ♀ Selengai

Identification

Sheldrick orphans	48

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 9 years old
Origin
Born:	* 2003-03-00 wild
Birth place:
Capture:	2003
Death
Dead:	†2012-10-02
Death reason:	poached:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Tsavo National Park, in Kenya

Date of arrival

	Tsavo National Park from DSWT Ithumba

2004-06-18	DSWT Ithumba from DSWT Nairobi nursery

Record history
History of updates	2012-10-21: dead, poached

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Selengai is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2012-10-02 at Tsavo National Park, in Kenya, .

Origin

Selengai was born wild 2003-03-00, captured 2003 .

Comments / pictures

Selengai's body was discovered on the 4th October 2012, already in a state of decay, rotting from within from the effects of the poison, which is sometimes dipped into sulphuric acid to render it more lethal. She probably died on the 2nd

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Selengai, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Tsavo National Park in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 June 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2554. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/updates/updates.asp?ID=455
Selengai on Elephant Orphan Profiles, at sheldrickwildlifetrust.org, website for The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

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

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