Elephants dead 2003

64 records of elephants deaths in the database during 2003

Name Species - Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Reason	Location
none EM - F	2003-12-28	2003-12-29	0	unknown	Houston Zoo
Toto LA - F	1968	2003-12-16	35	euthanised joint problem	Osnabruck Zoo
stillborn LA -	2003-12-10	2003-12-10	0	stillborn	Colchester Zoo
Tallulah (wild) LA - F	1963	2003-12-00	40	killed speared	Amboseli National Park
Kikuko EM - F	1944	2003-11-27	59	unknown	Ichihara Elephant Kingdom
Wurza - F	1978	2003-11-15	25	disease heart failure	Circus Arlette Gruss
Buster (Doc) LA - M	1982	2003-11-13	21	euthanised	Ivory Haven Farm (Chuck Walters)
Tina EM - F	1957	2003-11-05	46	severe foot disease and arthritis	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (Six Flags Marine World)
Marrie LA - F	1972	2003-11-04	31	euthanised musculoskeletal; mechanical abnormality	Jackson Zoological Garden
Dale LA - M	1978	2003-11-03	25	euthanised after a brief illness	Kansas City Zoo
Aishu EM - M	2000-06-10	2003-10-15	3	disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus	Zurich Zoo
Kinga EM - F	1952	2003-10-08	51	age Circulatory	Poznan Zoo
Punjab EM - M	2001-12-02	2003-10-06	2	disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus	Copenhagen Zoo
Belah LA - F	1971	2003-10-00	32	unknown	Howletts Wild Animal Park
Casey LA - M	1951	2003-09-23	52	disease infection & arthritis	Kansas City Zoo
Coco EM - F	1986-01-22	2003-09-21	17	disease sepsis, infection, stomach problems	Copenhagen Zoo
Unnamed EM - F	2003-09-19	2003-09-21	0	euthanised premature birth	Fort Worth Zoo
Tammy (Tamara) EM - F	1952	2003-09-10	51	euthanised arthritis	Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
miscarriage EM - M	2003-09-01	2003-09-01	0	miscarriage	Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal
Jabu EM - F		2003-09-00	?	disease toxicated by contaminated crops	Elephant Nature Park (ENP)
stillborn EM - M	2003-08-30	2003-08-30	0	stillborn	Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal
noname LA -	2003-08-24	2003-08-24	0	unknown	Cabarceno Zoo Obregon
Kara LA - F	1967	2003-08-18	36	unknown	La Fleche Zoo
Tara (Fanny) EM - F	1952	2003-08-16	51	euthanised age	Fund for Animals Black Beauty Ranch
Jubilee EM - M	1977-05-08	2003-08-13	26	anesthesia died under anaesthetic whilst undergoing treatment on his remaining tusk, which had been broken	Belfast Zoo
Awang Majlis EM - M	1967-10-02	2003-08-12	36	age	Taiping Zoo and Night Safari Malaysia
Samba LA - F	1976/1977	2003-08-07	27	disease Hart problem, pneuomonia	Circus Giovanni Althoff
Sid (Babar) LA - M	1981	2003-08-07	22	disease digestive, mechanical abnormality; buried	Hollywild Animal Park (David Meeks)
Marina LA - F	1957	2003-07-30	46	age	Erfurt Zoo
stillborn EM - M	2003-06-22	2003-06-22	0	stillborn	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
Mame LA - F	1971	2003-06-17	32	euthanised Musculoskeletal trauma; incinerated	Brookfield Zoo
Murugan EM - M	1953-01-23	2003-06-04	50	euthanised	Amsterdam Artis Zoo
Amali LA - F	2000-03-06	2003-06-03	3	disease infection	Indianapolis Zoo
Donkey EM - F	1965	2003-05-26	38	euthanised Positive tuberculosis trunk-wash test	Kolmarden Zoo
Erin (wild) LA - F	1969?	2003-05-21	34	euthanised speared by Masai worriors in late April, collapsed in end of May, and was euthanised	Amboseli National Park
Sandai EM - F	1985	2003-05-14	18	euthanised Positive tuberculosis trunk-wash test, delivery problem	Kolmarden Zoo
stillborn EM - M	2003-05-14	2003-05-14	0	stillborn Tuberculosis? Calf died in utero prior to caesarean section	Kolmarden Zoo
Costa EM - F	1970	2003-04-28	33	euthanised	Valwo Zoo (Valladolid)
Kinuko EM - F	1976	2003-04-23	27	unknown	Ichihara Elephant Kingdom
noname LA - F	2003-04-16	2003-04-21	0	unknown	Lisbon Zoo
Palong EM - M	1986	2003-04-17	17	euthanised stiff foreleg	Rotterdam Zoo
Preya EM - F	2000-02-10	2003-04-12	3	disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1A)	Syracuse Zoo (Rosamond Gifford Zoo)
stillborn LA - M	2003-11-24	2003-04-07	0	stillborn	Disneys Animal Kingdom
Shanty (Shanti) EM - F	1974	2003-03-30	29	maternal death stillbirth?	Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Park
stillborn EM -	2003-03-30	2003-03-30	0	stillborn	Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Park
stillborn LA - F	2003-03-21	2003-03-21	0	stillborn	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (Six Flags Marine World)
Lin Wang EM - M	1917	2003-02-26	86	age heart & lung failure	Taipei Zoo
Iky EM - F	1952	2003-02-22	51	age collapsed	Danzig Zoo (Zoo Gdansk)
Sally EM - F	1967	2003-02-12	36	unknown	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa)
stillborn EM - F	2003-02-01	2003-02-01	0	maternal death	Riddles Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary
Mary (Tina, Brenda) EM - F	1974	2003-01-31	29	maternal death	Riddles Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary
Peggy EM - F	1952	2003-01-24	51	euthanised age	Two Tails Ranch
Hugo EM - M	1960	2003-01-20	43	accident digestive	Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)
Rani LA - F	1982	2003-01-13	21	euthanised femur fracture	Circus Harlekin (Karl-Heinz Köllner)
Binari EM - F	2001-09-19	2003-01-03	2	disease head injury and paralysis	Pinnawala elephant orphanage
Jenny LA - F	1985	2003	18	unknown	Circus Berolina (Spindler)
Tanya EM - F	1957	2003	46	pathological liver condition	Olsens Bird Garden
Balthasar LA - M		2003	?	killed shot, aggressive, attacked people and vehicles	Ovita Game Farm
Ungerly EM - F	1970	2003	33	disease cancer	Circus Mundial
Y Nun EM - F		2003	?	unknown	Yok Don National Park elephant camp
Emma Lou EM - F		2003	?	disease Stomach Cancer	Wild Adventures
Ruwan Raja EM - M		2003	?		Gangaramaya Temple
unknown (wild, dead) LA - F	2001	2003	2	unknown	Amboseli National Park
Shilpa EM -		2003	?		Kodanadu Elephant training centre

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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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