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Elephants dead 1981
38 records of elephants deaths in the
database
during 1981
Name
Species - Sex
Birth
Death
Age
Reason
Location
Hakina
EM - F
1981?
?
accident
fire
Circus Pinder-Jean Richard
Safari
EM - F
1981?
?
accident
fire
Circus Pinder-Jean Richard
Oly
EM - F
1961
1981-12-00
20
disease
heart problems after Salmonellainfection
Berlin Circus Union
Ike (Lakhsmi)
EM - F
1936
1981-11-09
45
euthanised
Antwerp Zoo
Tembu
LA - F
1970
1981-11-03
11
euthanised
Urinary mechanical abnormality; buried
Maryland Zoo
Gunni
EM - F
1970
1981-11-03
11
unknown
Maryland Zoo
Princess
EM - F
1973
1981-10-30
8
unknown
Henry Vilas Zoo
stillborn
LA -
1981-10-17
1981-10-17
0
stillborn
Gladys Porter Zoo
Menika
EM - F
1940
1981-10-08
41
unknown
Rotterdam Zoo
Marie
EM - F
1947
1981-09-21
34
unknown
Carson & Barnes Circus
Birma II
EM - F
1918
1981-09-12
63
age
Ruhr Zoo, Gelsenkirchen
Thor
LA - M
1981-08-22
1981-09-02
0
unknown
Infection associated digestive bacterial
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Tus (Tusser, Toose, Hard Times)
EM - F
1963
1981-09-02
18
disease
heart attack
Circus Vargas
unknown
LA - F
1981-09-00
?
unknown
Gunma Safari Park
Sundari
EM - F
1960
1981-08-17
21
disease
myokardium degeneration, lung oedema
Prague Zoo
Julie
EM - F
1959
1981-08-14
22
euthanised
gunshot
Bucky Steele
MSamva
LA - F
1968
1981-07-27
13
unknown
Whipsnade Wild Animal Park
Aida
EM - F
1935
1981-07-23
46
unknown
Rotterdam Zoo
Malgosia
LA - F
1963
1981-06-23
18
disease
pelvic fracture
Katowice Zoo
unknown
EM - F
1981-05-27
?
collapsed
Schloss Laxenburg
Lahksmi
EM - F
1952
1981-05-14
29
unknown
Rotterdam Zoo
Sonja
EM - F
1949
1981-04-25
32
unknown
Budapest Zoo
Amber
EM - F
1949
1981-04-22
32
unknown
Toledo Zoo
Kama
EM - F
1950?
1981-04-10
31
unknown
Wroclaw Zoo (Zoo Breslau)
Tulsa
EM - F
1981-03-09
?
unknown
Bucky Steele
Birma
EM - F
1981-03-00
?
euthanised
Circus Corty Althoff
Penny
LA - F
1970
1981-02-24
11
euthanised
musculoskeletal trauma
Abilene Zoo
Sabu
EM - M
1965
1981-02-02
16
unknown
Tucson Reid Park Zoo
Mädi
EM - F
1947
1981-01-27
34
disease
Endocrine
Frankfurt Zoo
Beli
EM - F
1977
1981
4
disease
Magnesium deficiency
Rostock Zoo
Indra
EM - F
1978
1981
3
disease
Magnesium deficiency
Rostock Zoo
Afrikano
LA - M
1968-04-15
1981
13
accident
rammed the iron points in his inside enclosure into his neck
Kronberg Opel Zoo
Tasja (Rhena)
LA - F
1981
?
euthanised
foot problem
Rhenen Zoo
Pwtyn
EM - F
1965
1981
16
unknown
Welsh Mountain Zoo
Melys
EM - F
1973
1981
8
unknown
Welsh Mountain Zoo
Suraja
EM - F
1935
1981
46
unknown
Circus Krone
Hema
EM - F
1981
?
unknown
Pinnawala elephant orphanage
Paloma
EM - F
1981
?
Belo Horizonte Zoobotanica
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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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