Dixie an Asian elephant at Crandon Park Zoo

☨ ♀ 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 date:	† 1976-03-16
Death reason:	anesthesia: heart attack during second foot surgery
Locations
Present / last location:	Crandon Park Zoo, in United States

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

	Crandon Park Zoo from William C. Bergstrom William C. Bergstrom 1962-08-00 from Deggeller Amusement Company Deggeller Amusement Company 1960-03-00 from Tote-Em-In Zoo (now Tregembo Animal Park) Tote-Em-In Zoo (now Tregembo Animal Park) 1959-09-23 from Smithsonian National Zoological Park Smithsonian National Zoological Park 1956-11-06 from Von Brothers Circus

Document updated	2011-06-14: Previous locations RE 2012-04-09: Previous locations, Birth, Death, Text RE
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Description

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

Origin

Dixie was born wild 1955.

Comments / pictures

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

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Dixie, an Asian elephant at Crandon Park Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 11 April 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2568. (archived at the Wayback machine)