Elka (Elke)
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Paramounts Kings Island Wild Animal Habitat in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Elka (Elke)

Identification

SSP nr	23

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 33 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1959 wild
Birth place:
Capture:	1961
Imported:	1961
Death
Dead:	†1992-09-26
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Paramounts Kings Island Wild Animal Habitat, in United States

Date of arrival

1986-12-10	Paramounts Kings Island Wild Animal Habitat from Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa)

1964-11-25	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa) from Phoenix Zoo

1962-11-19	Phoenix Zoo from Miami Rare Bird Farm (Alton Freeman)

1962-11-17	Miami Rare Bird Farm (Alton Freeman) from Lincoln Park Zoo

1961-08-01	Lincoln Park Zoo from Paramount

1961-00-00	Paramount 1961-00-00 from Miami Rare Bird Farm (Alton Freeman)

Record history
History of updates	2011-04-07: New elephant RE

Latest document update	2020-10-22 05:24:46

† Elka (Elke) is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1992-09-26 at Paramounts Kings Island Wild Animal Habitat, in United States, .

Origin

Elka (Elke) was born wild 1959, captured 1961 . and imported 1961

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Elka (Elke), African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Paramounts Kings Island Wild Animal Habitat in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 January 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6902. (archived at the Wayback machine)