Akili
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Erfurt Zoo in Germany

☨ ♀ Akili

Identification

EEP nr	20007

Description

Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 12 years old
Origin
Born:	* 2001-05-02 captive-born
Birth place:	in Sigean Zoo

Parents:	♂ Ndume x ♀ Simba
Death
Dead:	†2013-12-13
Death reason:	euthanised: collapsed during the night
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Erfurt Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

2013-10-16	Erfurt Zoo from Sigean Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2013-10-17: transfered 2013-12-17: death

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography

† Akili is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2013-12-13 at Erfurt Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as collapsed during the night.

Origin

Akili was born captive-born 2001-05-02 at Sigean Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Akili are: ♂ Ndume (father) and ♀ Simba (mother).

Siblings through the father Ndume:

2002-07-09 -- † 2008-00-00 (M) Bambo
2003-12-25(F) Chupa

Siblings through the mother Simba:

2003-12-25(F) Chupa

Pedigree

**Akilis ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Akili	Sire (f): Ndume Born: 1984	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Simba Born: 1983	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

2013-12-13: collapsed during the night, and could, even with assistance of the fireware brigade, not be lifted up, why she was eutanised later during the evening.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2023). Akili, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Erfurt Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 8 December 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3602. (archived at the Wayback machine)