Dolly an Asian elephant at Denver Zoo

☨ ♀ Dolly

Identification

SSP nr	150

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 47 years old
Body weight:	3227.27 kg, 7100.00 lbs
Origin
Born:	* 1969 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead date:	† 2016-09-03
Death reason:	euthanised: old age, anorexia
Locations
Present / last location:	Denver Zoo, in United States

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

2002-05-06	Denver Zoo from Dickerson Park Zoo Dickerson Park Zoo 2001-03-16 from Denver Zoo Denver Zoo 1990-04-01 from Allen Campbell Allen Campbell 1989-04-27 from Zoo Miami (Miami Metro Zoo) Zoo Miami (Miami Metro Zoo) 1988-12-21 from Little Rock Zoological Gardens

Document updated	2011-04-21:ï¿½Previous locations RE 2016-10-10: death
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Description

† Dolly is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant, (Elephas maximus), who died at Denver Zoo, in United States, of euthanised in 2016-09-03. Official death reason described as old age, anorexia. (see detailed list).

Origin

Dolly was born wild 1969.

Comments / pictures

Dolly, named after the Broadway musical, â€œHello, Dolly,â€ weighed about 7,100 pounds at the time of her death

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Dolly, an Asian elephant at Denver Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 April 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=923. (archived at the Wayback machine)