Megan
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Kansas City Zoo in United States

Biography
♀ Megan
Megan. Kansas City Zoo 2008
Megan. Kansas City Zoo 2008

Identification

SSP nr172

Description

Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 46 years old
Status:sick
Management:Protected contact
Origin
Born:* 1978 wild
Birth place: in Kruger National Park
Capture: 1979
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Kansas City Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

1994-07-18Kansas City Zoo
from Paramounts Kings Island Wild Animal Habitat

1979-05-23Paramounts Kings Island Wild Animal Habitat
from Lion Country Safari, Inc - Grand Prairie

Record history
History of updates2010-01-17

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography


Megan is a living sick Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) , located at the Kansas City Zoo, in United States.

Megan arrived in 1994-07-18 to the Kansas City Zoo, relocated from the Paramounts Kings Island Wild Animal Habitat, in United States.


Social

Megan lives together with 8 other elephants at the Kansas City Zoo:

detailed list with arrival dates etc. of the other elephants
  1. Christi born 1986
  2. Lady born 1968
  3. Lea born 1978
  4. Lois born 1978
  5. Tamani born 2005-10-17
  6. Tattoo (Tatu, Tatoo) born 1978
  7. Zoe (Zoey) born 1984
  8. Zuri born 2009-08-10


Origin

Megan was born wild 1978 at Kruger National Park, captured 1979 .


Comments / pictures

Lady, Megan and Mona were all donated to the Kansas City Zoo in July 1994 from Kings Island. Mona died the day of arrival.

"Forty-year-old Megan has high blood pressure. Veterinarians said she is the only elephant they know of that has it in the world. So, they had to come up with their own way of helping the elephant.

They test her every week, with a blood pressure cuff on her tail to see how she is doing, along with some groundbreaking treatment. [...] She's probably got a tumor in her gland, that's calling all of this. We were able to diagnose that through urinary catacolomy tests. So, that's kind of groundbreaking when comparing it to our other elephants," said Dr. Kirk Suedmeyer, Director of Animal Health and Research at the Kansas City Zoo.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Megan, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Kansas City Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4567. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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