Dixie
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Crandon Park Zoo in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Dixie

Identification

SSP nr	485

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 21 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1955 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1976-03-16
Death reason:	anesthesia: heart attack during second foot surgery
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Crandon Park Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

	Crandon Park Zoo from William C. Bergstrom

1962-08-00	William C. Bergstrom from Deggeller Amusement Company

1960-03-00	Deggeller Amusement Company from Tote-Em-In Zoo (now Tregembo Animal Park)

1959-09-23	Tote-Em-In Zoo (now Tregembo Animal Park) from Smithsonian National Zoological Park Washington

1956-11-06	Smithsonian National Zoological Park Washington from Von Brothers Circus

Record history
History of updates	2011-06-14: Previous locations RE 2012-04-09: Previous locations, Birth, Death, Text RE

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Dixie is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1976-03-16 at Crandon Park Zoo, in United States, . Official death reason described as heart attack during second foot surgery.

Origin

Dixie was born wild 1955.

Comments / pictures

Article and Image at ShowMe Elephants: "Candy Hitchcock Collection - Dixie"

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Dixie, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Crandon Park Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2568. (archived at the Wayback machine)