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Elephants dead 1979
40 records of elephants deaths in the
database
during 1979
Name
Species - Sex
Birth
Death
Age
Reason
Location
Hercules (Tempo)
LA - M
1973
1979?
6
euthanised
leg fracture
Mary Chipperfield’s Circus
Mara
LA - F
1977
1979-12-22
2
disease
infection associated; enocrine bacterial
Paramounts Kings Island Wild Animal Habitat
Jumbo
LA - M
1979-10-06
?
unknown
Rome Zoo
Walnut
EM - F
1979-09-29
?
Dublin Zoo
Safari
LA - F
1952
1979-09-01
27
unknown
Leipzig Zoo
Snooks
EM - F
1979-08-31
?
San Diego Zoo
Coffee I
EM - F
1979-08-12
?
Dublin Zoo
Trudie
EM - F
1953
1979-07-06
26
unknown
St Louis Zoo
Jackie (Marie)
EM - F
1979-07-04
?
unknown
Benson Wild Animal Farm
Margie
EM - F
1954
1979-06-08
25
disease
salmonella poisoning
Clyde Brothers-Carden-Johnson Circus
Mary
EM - F
1954
1979-06-04
25
disease
salmonella poisoning
Clyde Brothers-Carden-Johnson Circus
Sue
EM - F
1954
1979-06-04
25
disease
salmonella poisoning
Clyde Brothers-Carden-Johnson Circus
Buddha
EM - M
1966
1979-06-00
13
killed
after possible killing of Morgan Berry
Elephant Mountain (Morgan Berry)
Alyce
LA - F
1950?
1979-06-00
29
poached
speared by Masai
Amboseli National Park
Alyce
LA - F
1950?
1979-06-00
29
killed
with spears
Amboseli National Park
Doly
LC - M
1979-06-00
?
Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center
Hans
EM - M
1916
1979-04-27
63
unknown
Houston Zoo
Kidd
LA - F
1969
1979-04-27
10
euthanised
International Animal Exchange (Ferndale)
Ginger
LA - F
1969
1979-04-27
10
euthanised
International Animal Exchange (Ferndale)
Tutka (Tutta)
EM - F
1965
1979-04-21
14
maternal death
delivery problems
Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo)
stillborn
EM -
1979-04-21
1979-04-21
0
maternal death
Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo)
Chori
LA - F
1979-04-18
?
unknown
acute heart failure, autopsy showed lung tumors and erosive osteo-arthritis in the knees
Sydney Zoo
Joyce
EM - F
1945
1979-04-17
34
unknown
Los Angeles Zoo
Ditta
EM - F
1921
1979-04-16
58
unknown
Leipzig Zoo
Sultan II
EM - M
1945-00-00
1979-03-27
34
disease
Infection
Budapest Zoo
Tara
LA - F
1953
1979-02-19
26
disease
cardiovascular circulatory, secondary
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Birma
EM - F
1945?
1979-02-00
34
unknown
Billy Wilson Smart Circus
Maihdi
LA - F
1959
1979-01-11
20
disease
infection associated; generalized bacterial
Marine World Africa (Redwood shores)
Dima
LC - F
1953-00-00
1979-00-00
26
disease
foot problems
Frankfurt Zoo
Abang
EM - F
1979-00-00
?
unknown
Shanghai Zoo
Jumbolino (Bubbles)
LA - M
1962
1979
17
euthanised
fell into the moat
Chester Zoo
Icky
EM - F
1979
?
unknown
Circus World (Polk City)
Hannibal
LA - M
1973-03-29
1979
6
unknown
Gänserndorf Safari Park
noname
EM -
1976
1979
3
unknown
Tel Aviv Zoo
Delki
EM - F
1979
?
unknown
Hanneford Family Circus
Carla
EM - F
1925
1979
54
age
Erfurt Zoo
Unnamed
EM -
1979
1979
0
killed
Kicked by mother
Koshi Tappu Hattisar (KTWR)
Bibbitt
EM - F
1961
1979
18
unknown
Cameron Park Waco Zoo
unnamed (wild)
LA - F
1976-06-00
1979
3
unknown
Amboseli National Park
Reed #1
EM - M
1964
1979
15
disease
heart attack ?
Rex Williams
Internal links about elephant deaths:
Deaths throughout the years
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1516
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1553
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1655
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1816
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1819
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1820
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1826
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1836
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1847
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1849
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1855
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1859
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1866
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1867
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1870
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1871
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1872
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Sex: M is a male elephant bull, F is a female elephant cow. Species: LA is
african bush/savanna elephant
(Loxodonta africana), LC is
african forest elephant
(Loxodonta cyclotis), EM is
asian elephant
(Elephas maximus) Status: (of training method) FC
Free contact
, PC is
Protected contact
, CC is
Confined contact
and NC is
No contact
and
dead
means that the elephant is not more living and trained.
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