African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Ruaha at Basel Zoo

† Ruaha is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died at Basel Zoo, in Switzerland, from age 2010-07-29. (see detailed list).

Origin

Ruaha was born wild 1951 at Ruaha National Park, captured 1952 . and imported 1952

Origin: Tanzania. Ruaha was, before her death, the oldest captive african elephant world-wide.

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Page 158-64, Jumbo auf dem Drahtseil - Elefanten dressuren von gestern und heute by Gerhard Zapf
• Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, EEG: Haufellner, Kurt, Schilfarth, Schweiger
• Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Ruaha (Google Translated version)
• African Elephant Studbook, Europe Regional EEP
  by Amelia Terkel, Zoological center Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Israel

Internal relevant links

• List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
• More elephants from: Basel Zoo
• More elephants from: Switzerland
• More elephants that was born: 1951
• More elephants that was captured: 1952
• More elephants that was imported: 1952
• More elephants that died: 2010-07-29
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

• Ruaha at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
• Link to translated version with Google Translate
• Buckles Blog: From Richard Reynolds
• Buckles Blog: From Dan Koehl
• Buckles Blog: From Richard Reynolds #1
• Buckles Blog: From Richard Reynolds #2

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