Relocated elephants from Houston Zoo in United States

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Houston Zoo had previously 8 elephants relocated to new location.
Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival
Departure		 Present locationImport
1 † ♂ EM - Bopper (Beau Thai)
SSP id: 128
 dead: Born captive-born 1984-02-01 Dead: 1988-08-26, 4 yrs Reason: disease: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus 1984-02-01
1988-04-24		 African Lion Safari (Ontario)
2 † ♀ EM - Indu
SSP id: 129
 dead: Born wild 1965 Dead: 2025-05-08, 60 yrs Reason: euthanised: multiple health issues; chronic osteoarthritis and age-related illness 1979-10-22
1998-04-09		 Phoenix Zoo
3 † ♀ EM - Tika
SSP id: T2339
 dead: Born wild 1966 Dead: 1971, 5 yrs Reason: unknown: 1968-10-24
1971-03-24		 Busch Gardens Houston
4 ♂ EM - Duncan
SSP id: 760
 FC: Born captive-born 2014-02-07 2014-02-08
2023-04-00		 Denver Zoo
5 ♂ EM - Baylor
SSP id: 671
 unknown: Born captive-born 2010-05-04 2010-05-04
2024-05-07		 Denver Zoo
6 ♀ EM - Sissy (Gerry II)
SSP id: 17
 PC: Born wild 1968 1998-04-30
1998-11-04		 Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES)
7 † ♀ EM - Pearl
SSP id: 301
 dead: Born captive-born 1988-12-07 Dead: 1991-09-02, 3 yrs Reason: disease: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1A) 1988-12-07
1991-04-25		 Lincoln Park Zoo
8 † ♂ EM - Kiba
SSP id: 277
 dead: Born captive-born 1987-12-31 Dead: 1998-08-30, 11 yrs Reason: disease: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1B) 1987-12-31
1997-11-20		 Berlin Zoo


Source for the list of elephants relocated, previously living at Houston Zoo

Reference list

Facts about previously kept elephants, relocated from Houston Zoo in United States, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2026), available online retrieved 17 April 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=169 (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this list:

Latest updateName of elephantSource (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2018-12-08 Pearl:• "Table 4: Captive Elephants 1988-1999 and Additions to 1980-1988 Records," Elephant, The Publication of the Elephant Research Foundation, Vol 2 No 4, January 2000. p 65-71
•  Gary S. Hayward, Ph D. John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
2018-12-07 Kiba:• Virginia Wycisk
•  Ryan Easley, USA
•  Gary S. Hayward, Ph D. John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
2017-01-05 Sissy (Gerry II):• Activists Want Dallas Elephant to Join Gerry II
2016-01-04 Duncan:• Ryan Gillis. USA
2007-03-02 Indu:• https://ktar.com/arizona-news/indu-phoenix-zoo-elephant-dies/5703339/


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