Lumni (Lubni, Luki, Lukky, Lucky)
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
La Teste Zoo du Bassin d´Arcachon in France

Biography

☨ ♀ Lumni (Lubni, Luki, Lukky, Lucky)
Photo: ï¿½ Philippe Aquilon, France.

Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 32 years old
Status:	foot problems
Origin
Born:	* 1982 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2014-03-19
Death reason:	euthanised: Cancer in Uterus
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	La Teste Zoo du Bassin d´Arcachon, in France

Date of arrival

2010-06-17	La Teste Zoo du Bassin d´Arcachon from Parco Faunistico Le Cornelle

2009-10-00	Parco Faunistico Le Cornelle from Pakawi Park (Olmense Zoo)

2009-05-00	Pakawi Park (Olmense Zoo) from Amedeo Folco

Record history
History of updates	2011-06-05:ï¿½updated locations 2013-05-14:ï¿½picture 2016-01-03:Â death records

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Lumni (Lubni, Luki, Lukky, Lucky) is a dead foot problems Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2014-03-19 at La Teste Zoo du Bassin d´Arcachon, in France, . Official death reason described as Cancer in Uterus.

Origin

Lumni (Lubni, Luki, Lukky, Lucky) was born wild 1982.

Comments / pictures

Often showed by Sharon Folco.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Lumni (Lubni, Luki, Lukky, Lucky), African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at La Teste Zoo du Bassin d´Arcachon in France. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5120. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Philippe Aquilon, France.
Peter Stolk, Netherlands
Survey 2008 - Elephants in European circuses published by European Elephant Group: Tobias Dornbusch, Jürgen Schilfarth
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling

Litterature about La Teste Zoo du Bassin d´Arcachon