Deceased elephants at Calgary Zoo in Canada

This database list 7 dead elephants

Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival location	Import
1	+ ♂ EM miscarriage (twin) SSP id: 745 < 1	Born: captive-born 2012-10-24 Spike (Ganesha) x Maharani (Rani) Dead:2012-10-24, miscarriage	2012-10-24
2	+ ⚪ EM miscarriage (twin) SSP id: 746 < 1	Born: captive-born 2012-10-24 Spike (Ganesha) x Dead:2012-10-24, miscarriage	2012-10-24
3	+ ♀ EM Malti SSP id: 648 < 1	Born: captive-born 2007-08-09 Spike (Ganesha) x Maharani (Rani) Dead:2008-11-01, disease acute heart failure because of Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1A)	2007-08-09
4	+ ♀ EM Keemaya SSP id: 554 < 1	Born: captive-born 2004-11-16 Spike (Ganesha) x Maharani (Rani) Dead:2004-12-07, disease infection and weakness, rejected by its mother	2004-11-16
5	+ ♂ EM Bandara EEP id: 7508 SSP id: 144 16	Born: wild 1975-05-25 Dead:1991-11-25 (15 years after arrival), disease congestive heart failure	1976-05-25 Sri Lanka National Zoological Gardens (Dehiwela Zoo)	1976
6	+ ♂ EM Mohan (Gyro, Gyro-Moe) SSP id: 530 7	Born: unknown 1960-05-12 Dead:1967-06-26 (3 years after arrival), killed knocked into moat by elephant	1964-11-29 Miami Rare Bird Farm (Alton Freeman)	1961?
7	+ ♀ EM Gyro (Gyrette I) SSP id: 529 8	Born: wild 1959 Dead:1967-02-09 (7 years after arrival), disease ruptured spleen	1960-01-00	1960?

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Calgary Zoo

Facts about Deceased elephants at Calgary Zoo in Canada, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2024), available online retrieved 7 September 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=181 (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this list:
Latest update	Name of elephant	Source (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2018-12-07	Malti:	• Brent Van Hooft, Elephant Keeper Calgary Zoo • Ryan Easley, USA • Baby elephant named Malti • Calgary Zoo Celebrates Elephant Calf Arrival, 2007-08-09 • Baby Elephant at Calgary Zoo Gravely Ill in Herpes Virus, 2008-10-31 • Baby Elephant Died of Heart Failure, 2008-11-03 • Gary S. Hayward, Ph D. John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
2016-01-05	Gyro (Gyrette I):	• Wayne Jackson
2016-01-05	Mohan (Gyro, Gyro-Moe):	• Wayne Jackson • Brent Van Hooft (Calgary, AB)
2016-01-05	miscarriage (twin):	• http://www.calgaryzoo.com/#axzz2AEx4UQY2
2010-12-31	Bandara:	• Brent Van Hooft, Elephant Keeper Calgary Zoo • "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

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