Deceased elephants at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in United States

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This database list 6 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ♂ LA Koa SSP id: 320 11Born: wild 1956 Dead:1967-09-19 (3 years after arrival), euthanised 1964-09-14 Eloise Berchtold
2+ ♀ EM Schottzie SSP id: 524 17Born: wild 1961 Dead:1978-01-31 (17 years after arrival), unknown 1961-10-21
3+ ♀ LC Gympy SSP id: 309 25Born: wild 1929 Dead:1954-04-23 (22 years after arrival), unknown 1932-00-00 Firma Ruhe
4+ ♀ EM Tillie 25Born: wild Dead:1932-01-18 (7 years after arrival), unknown 1925-00-00 John Robinson Circus
5+ ♀ EM Hatnee 25Born: wild Dead:1917 (40 years after arrival), disease Heart disease1877-00-00
6+ ♂ EM Chief 26Born: wild 1864 Dead:1890-12-00, euthanised shot John Robinson Circus

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

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Facts about Deceased elephants at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in United States, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2026), available online retrieved 17 February 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=249 (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)
2018-04-19 Tillie:• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  W. Henry Sheak, The Elephant in Captivity, Natural History, September-October 1922
2018-04-18 Hatnee:• Billboard 25 Mar 1944
2011-04-26 Koa:• http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2006/02/eloise-berchtold-and-koa-1960.html
• Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2010-09-23 Chief:• http://www.charlotte.com/opinion/story/260497.html
•  https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/john-king-grave-crushed-by-elephant?ref=upstract.com
•  https://medium.com/murder-mystery-and-mayhem-in-the-old-north-state/chief-the-elephants-fateful-visit-to-charlotte-1880-f9fc4d3231e
• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
2010-04-16 Gympy:• page 176 Wilde Tiere frei Haus by Hermann Ruhe  (in german)
• Greetings From Cincinnati, Cincinnati Zoo

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