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Flora
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Port Saint-Pere Zoo (Planete sauvage) in France

dead elephant ☨ ♀ Flora  dead elephant
Andy Hayton with elephant Flora in Longleat
Andy Hayton with elephant Flora in Longleat
Identification
EEP nr8803
Description
Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 34 years old
Status:confiscated
Origin
Born:* 1988 wild
Birth place: in Zimbabwe unspecified location
Death
Dead: †2022-02-19
Death reason: unknown: fracture in leg?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Port Saint-Pere Zoo (Planete sauvage), in France
Date of arrival
2003-04-10Port Saint-Pere Zoo (Planete sauvage)
from Dudley Zoo
1998-01-26Dudley Zoo
from Twycross Zoo
Twycross Zoo
from Longleat Safari Park
Longleat Safari Park
from Mary Chipperfield’s Circus
1988-00-00Mary Chipperfield’s Circus
from Longleat Safari Park
Longleat Safari Park
from Zimbabwe unspecified location
Record history
History of updates2018-05-29: updated prev location: Longleat
2022-02-22: Updated as dead
2022-02-28: Born in Zimbabwe
Latest document update2022-02-28 06:02:14
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Biography

† Flora is a dead confiscated Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2022-02-19 at Port Saint-Pere Zoo (Planete sauvage), in France, . Official death reason described as fracture in leg?.

Origin

Flora was born wild 1988 at Zimbabwe unspecified location.


Comments / pictures

Flora was bullied and went temporarily to Twycross then Dudley joining their loan African 'Flossie'. When Dudley stopped keeping elephants they were transferred to Planet Sauvage in France.
Mark Achurch, Oxford, United Kingdom

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2023). Flora, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Port Saint-Pere Zoo (Planete sauvage) in France. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 5 December 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3598. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

  • Mark Achurch, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • Andy Hayton

  • African Elephant Studbook, Europe Regional EEP
    by Amelia Terkel, Zoological center Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Israel
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Categories2022 deaths | 1988 births | EEP | Elephants from Port Saint-Pere Zoo (Planete sauvage) | France | African savanna elephants


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