Tanya an African savanna elephant at Cameron Park Waco Zoo

☨ ♀ Tanya
Tembo & Tanya. Cameron Park Zoo. Photo: © Jackson Sdah

Identification

SSP nr	185

Description

Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 41 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1979 wild
Birth place:
Capture:	1981
Death
Dead date:	† 2020-09-29
Death reason:	disease: unidentified disease that affected the circulatory system, heart, lungs and brain
Locations
Present / last location:	Cameron Park Waco Zoo, in United States

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

2007-10-00	Cameron Park Waco Zoo from Abilene Zoo Abilene Zoo 1981-11-24 from Jurgen C. Schulz

Document updated	2009-04-03: Management, Text 2010-01-17: Text, Image 2020-09-06: death report
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Description

† Tanya is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant, (Loxodonta africana), who died at Cameron Park Waco Zoo, in United States, of disease in 2020-09-29. Official death reason described as unidentified disease that affected the circulatory system, heart, lungs and brain. (see detailed list).

Origin

Tanya was born wild 1979, captured 1981 .

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	Meet cameron park zoo’s new elephant - Elephant News
2020-10-06	Cameron park zoo staff mourns 40-year-old african elephant tanya - Elephant News

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Tanya, an African savanna elephant at Cameron Park Waco Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 11 April 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3240. (archived at the Wayback machine)