Shukuru
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
DSWT Umani Springs (Kibwezi Forest) in Kenya

Biography

☨ ♀ Shukuru

Alternative name:	Nashukuru

Identification

Sheldrick orphans	226

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 12 years old
Origin
Born:	* 2009-09-00 wild
Birth place:	in Tsavo National Park
Death
Dead:	†2021-11-29
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	DSWT Umani Springs (Kibwezi Forest), in Kenya

Date of arrival

2018-06-16	DSWT Umani Springs (Kibwezi Forest) from DSWT Nairobi nursery

2017-12-00	DSWT Nairobi nursery from DSWT Ithumba

	DSWT Ithumba from DSWT Nairobi nursery

2009-09-03	DSWT Nairobi nursery from DSWT Voi

2009-09-00	DSWT Voi from Tsavo National Park

Record history
History of updates	2009-10-14: new record 2018-05-21: transferred back to Nairobi 2018-08-08: transferred to Umani Springs

Latest document update	2021-12-08 17:30:58
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† Shukuru is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2021-11-29 at DSWT Umani Springs (Kibwezi Forest), in Kenya, .

Origin

Shukuru was born wild 2009-09-00 at Tsavo National Park.

Comments / pictures

Rescued and extracted from a manhole on the Mzima – Mombasa Pipeline into which she had inadvertently fallen.

2017: Angela and Robert were present for the move and made the decision to bring SHUKURU back to Nairobi to try to better get on top of her chronic health issues.

2018; Shukuru was moved to our Umani Springs Reintegration Unit on 16th June 2018 from our Nairobi Nursery, after having been brought back from our Ithumba Unit in order to convalesce and benefit from intensive medical attention

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Shukuru, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at DSWT Umani Springs (Kibwezi Forest) in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 June 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5144. (archived at the Wayback machine)