Deceased elephants at Ramat Gan Zoo in Israel

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This database list 15 dead elephants

Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival location	Import
1	+ ♂ EM killed < 1	Born: captive-born 2002-08-00 Bindu x La Petite Dead:2002-08-00, killed by mother	2002-08-00
2	+ ♀ EM Victoria < 1	Born: captive-born 2000-04-09 Motek x Wered Dead:2000-05-07, unknown	2000-04-09
3	+ ♀ LA noname < 1	Born: captive-born 1998-01-06 Yossi x Yoki Dead:1998-01-06, unknown	1998-01-06
4	+ ♀ EM Aviva EEP id: 7122 27	Born: unknown 1971-11-30 Dead:1998-04-10 (6 years after arrival), unknown	1992-03-18 Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
5	+ ♀ EM miscarriage < 1 27	Born: captive-born 1990 Motek x Lilly (Israela) Dead:1990, miscarriage	1990-00-00
6	+ ♂ LA Izik < 1 27	Born: captive-born 1987-12-01 Yossi x Ettie Dead:1987-12-07, killed by accident from an asian elephant in Ramat-Gan	1987-12-01
7	+ ♀ LA Helinka < 1 27	Born: captive-born 1987-04-04 Yossi x Shara (Sara) Dead:1987-08-05, unknown	1987-04-16
8	+ ♂ EM Igal 3	Born: captive-born 1982-03-08 Motek x Warda Dead:1985-03-30 (3 years after arrival), disease infection	1982-03-08
9	+ ♂ EM Motek EEP id: 6202 SSP id: 344 62	Born: wild 1960 Dead:2022-02-27 (41 years after arrival), unknown	1981-00-00 Tel Aviv Zoo
10	+ ♀ EM Warda EEP id: 6102 SSP id: 345 66	Born: wild 1958 Dead:2024-04-07 (43 years after arrival), age collapsed and couldnt stand up again	1981-00-00 Tel Aviv Zoo
11	+ ♀ LA Tali (Sophie) EEP id: 7305 13	Born: wild 1973 Dead:1986-10-09 (13 years after arrival), anesthesia died half a minute after injection of the antidote	1973-07-27 Arusha National Park	1973
12	+ ♀ LA Norris (Mazal) EEP id: 6906 39	Born: wild 1969 Dead:2008-07-07 (35 years after arrival), maternal death infection from dead fetus in her uterus	1973-07-27 Arusha National Park	1973
13	+ ♀ LA Atari EEP id: 6402 46	Born: wild 1961 Dead:2007-04-03 (43 years after arrival), killed by the seven ton bull Yossi	1964-00-00 Tel Aviv Zoo	1964
14	+ ♀ LA Motek EEP id: 6403 SSP id: 553 50	Born: wild 1961 Dead:2011-12-13, unknown	Tel Aviv Zoo	1964
15	+ ♂ LA Timbo EEP id: 6101 SSP id: 552 17	Born: wild 1961 Dead:1978-05-03, disease cancer in the stomach	Tel Aviv Zoo	1964

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Ramat Gan Zoo

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Facts about Deceased elephants at Ramat Gan Zoo in Israel, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 23 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=214 (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)
2018-06-29	Izik:	• Peter Stolk, Netherlands • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2018-03-09	Motek:	• http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Motek_(Ramat_Gan,_Elephas_Maximus) • Ryan Easley, USA • Article at ShowMe Elephants: "Studbook Mysteries - Israel," 4/20/2012 • Elefanten-Magazin Nr. 16
2018-03-03	Warda:	• <a href="http://www.showmeelephants.com/2012/04/studbook-mysteries-israel.html">Article and Image at ShowMe Elephants: "Studbook Mysteries - Israel," 4/20/2012</a> • http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Warda • https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/388197
2018-03-01	Timbo:	• Page 83, 107, Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2018-03-01	Atari:	• News article • Video
2018-03-01	Motek:	• EEG Magazine nr 21, July 2012, by European Elephant Group • Peter Stolk, Netherlands
2016-02-04	Aviva:	• Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2011-10-05	Tali (Sophie):	• 1986 Annual Report of Ramat Gan • Peter Stolk, Netherlands • p 83, Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2010-05-01	Igal:	• p. 83, Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2008-03-30	Helinka:	• Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2008-03-30	miscarriage:	• p 83, Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2007-04-09	noname:	• Peter Stolk, Netherlands

Ramat Gan Zoo on elephant-news.com

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2013-10-05	Ramat gan safari’s 25-year-old elephant la petite, already a grandmother, has another girl of her own - Elephant News

2007-04-18	Asian elephant bull alexander relocated from rotterdam zoo netherlands, to antwerp zoo, belgium. - Elephant News
2007-04-09	Videofilm: yossi kills atari in ramat-gan safari - Elephant News
2007-04-04	Murder in the ramat gan elephant yard. worlds largest captive elephant, living in an israeli zoo, attacks and kills herd's female leader, leaving staff shocked by his behavior - Elephant News

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This database list 15 dead elephants

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