Shara an African savanna elephant at Detroit Zoo

☨ ♀ Shara

Identification

SSP nr	319

Description

Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 14 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1955 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead date:	† 1969-03-05
Death reason:	disease: infection associated; respiratory bacterial
Locations
Present / last location:	Detroit Zoo, in United States

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

1956-06-27	Detroit Zoo from Firma Ruhe

Document updated	2011-03-15: New elephant RE 2013-04-13: Arrival date RE
Random literature

Description

† Shara is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant, (Loxodonta africana), who died at Detroit Zoo, in United States, of disease in 1969-03-05. Official death reason described as infection associated; respiratory bacterial. (see detailed list).

Origin

Shara was born wild 1955.

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Shara, an African savanna elephant at Detroit Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 11 April 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6761. (archived at the Wayback machine)