Buba
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Sosto Zoo in Hungary

Biography

☨ ♀ Buba
Photo © James Arthur Hackner Moreno

Alternative name:	Bupa

Identification

EEP nr	8204

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 41 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1982 wild
Birth place:	in Etosha National Park
Imported:	1988 by Wolfgang Delfts
Death
Dead:	†2023-03-17
Death location:	Sosto Zoo
Death reason:	unknown: attacked by the elephant Jack
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Sosto Zoo, in Hungary

Date of arrival

2011-10-06	Sosto Zoo from Jerez Frontera Zoo

1988-03-11	Jerez Frontera Zoo from Lisbon Zoo

1988-03-10	Lisbon Zoo from Wolfgang Delfts

1988-03-00	Wolfgang Delfts from Etosha National Park

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17

Latest document update	2023-05-06 18:46:46
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† Buba is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2023-03-17 at Sosto Zoo, in Hungary, . Official death reason described as attacked by the elephant Jack.

Origin

Comments / pictures

Buba was not 100% PC, due to the buildings in the zoo.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Buba, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Sosto Zoo in Hungary. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3036. (archived at the Wayback machine)

EEG Magazine nr 20, December 2011, by http://www.elefanten-schutz-europa.de/'>European Elephant Group
Peter Stolk
African Elephant Studbook, Europe Regional EEP
by Amelia Terkel, Zoological center Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Israel

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