Pupy
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Elephant Sanctuary Brazil (ESB) in Brazil

Biography

☨ ♀ Pupy

Alternative name:	Pupi

Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ maybe about 35 years old (estimated age)
Origin
Born:	* 1990? wild
Birth place:	in Kruger National Park
Death
Dead:	†2025-10-11
Death reason:	pathological: collapsed after gastrointestinal issues
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Elephant Sanctuary Brazil (ESB), in Brazil

Date of arrival

2025-04-18	Elephant Sanctuary Brazil (ESB) from Buenos Aires Zoo

1993-05-00	Buenos Aires Zoo from Port of Buenos Aires

1993-05-00	Port of Buenos Aires from Port of Walvis Bay

1993-04-00	Port of Walvis Bay from Wolfgang Delfts

	Wolfgang Delfts from Kruger National Park

Record history
History of updates	2012-05-25: New database record 2018-03-10: link to Elefanten-Fotolexikon (Petra Prager) submitted 2024-11-03: Born in South Africa 2024-11-03: prev. locations & transfers

Latest document update	2025-10-12 10:15:09
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† Pupy is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2025-10-11 at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil (ESB), in Brazil, . Official death reason described as collapsed after gastrointestinal issues.

Origin

Pupy was born wild 1990? at Kruger National Park.

Comments / pictures

For more than three decades she was accompanied by Kuky, another African elephant with whom she arrived in Buenos Aires from Kruger National Park, South Africa, in May 1993. She was her "sister." Although there is no precise date of birth, specialists estimate that both animals were born in 1990.

In fact, they arrived in the country under other names. They were called Araceli and Lucila . This was decided in a survey after the purchase of both specimens by the company Paseo Alcorta, which donated them to the Buenos Aires zoo.

Pupy in Elephant Sanctuary Brazil (ESB)

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Pupy, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil (ESB) in Brazil. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 May 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2585. (archived at the Wayback machine)