Zuri an African savanna elephant at Hogle Zoo (Salt City Zoo)

Location

Zuri is a Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), living in Hogle Zoo (Salt City Zoo), in United States.

Zuri arrived in Hogle Zoo (Salt City Zoo) 2009-08-10,

In Hogle Zoo (Salt City Zoo), Zuri lives together with 1 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

1. ♀ Christi born 1986
, (see detailed list).

Origin

Zuri was conceived through artificial insemination and born captive-born 2009-08-10 at Hogle Zoo (Salt City Zoo).

Parentage

Parents of Zuri are: ♂ Jack (Jackson) (father) and ♀ Christi (mother).

Siblings through the father Jack (Jackson):

1. 1998-04-22 -- † 1998-04-22 (M) stillborn
2. 1999-09-12(F) Victoria
3. 2000-09-19(M) Callee
4. 2004-07-06(F) Kianga
5. 2005-12-19(F) Nidirah (Nadirah)
6. 2007-03-18 -- † 2010-05-12 (M) Scotty
7. 2008-06-28(M) Tsavo
8. 2008-07-09(F) Angelina
9. 2008-07-25(F) Zuri
10. 2008-10-28 -- † 2008-10-28 () fetal death
11. 2009-07-06 -- † 2009-07-07 (F) Lil Girl
12. 2010-02-24 -- † 2010-02-24 () stillborn
13. 2011-06-03(M) Lucas
14. 2011-07-20 -- † 2019-03-26 (F) Kalina
15. 2012-06-28 -- † 2019-03-19 (F) Nyah
16. 2017-05-31 -- † 2017-08-30 () unknown
17. 2019-09-02(M) Fitz

Pedigree

Weighing 251 pounds and measuring three feet tall at the shoulder, the newborn calf was the first African elephant to ever be born at the Hogle Zoo and the first elephant in over 89 years.

Zuri means adorable or beautiful in Swahili.

Zuri has her own blog at http://www.babyzuriblog.com.

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Ryan Easley, USA
• "New arrival: Elephant born at Hogle Zoo," Elephant-News.com, 2009-08-11

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Hogle Zoo (Salt City Zoo)
• More elephants from: United States
• More elephants that was born: 2009-08-10
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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