Sources used for this list:
| Latest update | Name of elephant | Source (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window) |
|---|
| 2023-09-30 |
Jing Jing: | • https://elefanten-fotolexikon.eu/profile/asien/china/peking-beijing-zoo/jing-jing/ |
| 2021-02-25 |
Hierakonpolis elephant Tomb 33: | • https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/150525-ancient-egypt-zoo-pets-hierakonpolis-baboons-archaeology
•
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nekhen
•
http://www.hierakonpolis-online.org/nekhennews/nn-21-2009.pdf
•
https://www.academia.edu/7988101/THE_ELITE_PREDYNASTIC_CEMETERY_AT_HIERAKONPOLIS_2009_2010_Update |
| 2021-02-25 |
Hierakonpolis elephant Tomb 24: | • https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/150525-ancient-egypt-zoo-pets-hierakonpolis-baboons-archaeology
•
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nekhen
•
http://www.hierakonpolis-online.org/nekhennews/nn-21-2009.pdf
•
https://www.academia.edu/7988101/THE_ELITE_PREDYNASTIC_CEMETERY_AT_HIERAKONPOLIS_2009_2010_Update |
| 2021-02-03 |
Linda: | • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
•
Olga Dabrowska, Poznan Zoo
•
Zoo Poznan Official Site on Facebook |
| 2021-01-12 |
Mambo: | • https://www.focus.de/panorama/welt/todes-drama-tierschuetzer-mit-schwerem-vorwurf-zirkus-elefanten-mambo-und-betty-erstickt_id_12573546.html |
| 2020-12-05 |
Buba: | • Survey 2008 - Elephants in European circuses published by European Elephant Group: Tobias Dornbusch, Jürgen Schilfarth
•
http://www.npo.nl/zapp-echt-gebeurd/08-05-2016/KN_1680375
•
http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=7567
•
Christian Hamel, France |
| 2020-12-03 |
Bambi: | • Survey 2008 - Elephants in European circuses published by European Elephant Group: Tobias Dornbusch, Jürgen Schilfarth
•
https://www.lejsl.com/edition-macon/2016/10/22/en-images-le-petit
•
Christian Hamel, France |
| 2020-11-03 |
Tembo: | • Elefanten in Berlin by Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Berlin Zoo
•
https://www.moz.de/nachrichten/brandenburg/artikel-ansicht/dg/0/1/1691606/?fbclid=IwAR3BYdpeF3taxitQxrTJP80G_P4F62gv1gqsVytN9JpnaIAyXO6zjlhx6uw
•
Jan Jakobi, Germany
•
https://www.tag24.de/dresden/lokales/tembo-sagt-tschuess-elefant-zuchtbulle-geht-nach-wien-zoo-dresden-1707199
|
| 2020-10-14 |
Sanga: | • Dornbusch, Tobias; Elefanten in den Althoff-Circussen, Elefanten-Magazin, Heft 17/2010, https://www.elefanten-schutz-europa.de/Veroeffentlichungen/Magazin/Magazin-21-25/ |
| 2020-10-12 |
Siam: | • Dornbusch, Tobias; Elefanten in den Althoff-Circussen, Elefanten-Magazin, Heft 24/2013, https://www.elefanten-schutz-europa.de/Veroeffentlichungen/Magazin/Magazin-21-25/ |
| 2020-10-12 |
Sudan: | • Dornbusch, Tobias; Elefanten in den Althoff-Circussen, Elefanten-Magazin, Heft 24/2013, https://www.elefanten-schutz-europa.de/Veroeffentlichungen/Magazin/Magazin-21-25/ |
| 2020-08-12 |
Kenny: | • https://elefanten-fotolexikon.eu/profile/asien/japan/nagoya-higashiyama-zoo/kenny-0/ |
| 2020-08-12 |
Kenny: | • https://elefanten-fotolexikon.eu/profile/asien/japan/nagoya-higashiyama-zoo/kenny-0/ |
| 2020-08-03 |
Sebas pickled elephant: | • Ewen Callaway, https://www.nature.com/news/linnaeus-s-asian-elephant-was-wrong-species-1.14063 |
| 2020-06-29 |
Baby: | • Survey 2008 - Elephants in European circuses published by European Elephant Group: Tobias Dornbusch, Jürgen Schilfarth
•
http://www.courrier-picard.fr/130477/article/2018-08-18/une-invitee-de-taille-au-parc-des-grands-felins-de-saint-leger-en-bray
•
https://www.rdventerreanimale.fr/balades-en-immersion/balade-avec-un-elephant-dafrique/ |
| 2020-05-15 |
Ramboline: | • Survey 2008 - Elephants in European circuses published by European Elephant Group: Tobias Dornbusch, Jürgen Schilfarth |
| 2020-05-06 |
Lilly: | • http://www.european-elephant-group.com/files/PDF/20-2011_circusafrikaner_folgeschaeden.pdf
•
http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Zirkus |
| 2020-05-06 |
Temba: | • http://www.european-elephant-group.com/files/PDF/20-2011_circusafrikaner_folgeschaeden.pdf
•
http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Zirkus
•
https://elefanten.fandom.com/wiki/Temba |
| 2020-05-06 |
Suna: | • http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Zirkus
•
http://www.european-elephant-group.com/files/PDF/20-2011_circusafrikaner_folgeschaeden.pdf |
| 2018-10-24 |
Maisha: | • https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/unexpected-loss-of-maisha |
| 2018-08-24 |
Sahib: | • http://www.elefantenhof-platschow.de/in_memoriam.htm
•
http://www.european-elephant-group.com/files/PDF/20-2011_circusafrikaner_folgeschaeden.pdf |
| 2018-07-02 |
Afrique: | • Peter Stolk, Netherlands
•
Article and Image at ShowMe Elephants: <a href="http://www.showmeelephants.com/2012/05/de-olmense-zoo.html">"De Olmense Zoo," 05/17/2012</a> |
| 2018-07-01 |
Lan Po: | • Taipei Zoo, through Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS)
|
| 2018-06-12 |
Inga: | • http://www.lessentiel.lu/de/news/grossregion/story/26393107
|
| 2018-05-26 |
Sandri (Sandrie): | • Spartaco Gippoliti
•
Peter Stolk, Netherlands |
| 2018-05-17 |
Sizi: | • https://www.zimbabweelephantnursery.com/sizi/
|
| 2018-05-17 |
Tulku: | • https://www.zimbabweelephantnursery.com/sizi-3/
|
| 2018-05-17 |
Matabele: | • https://www.zimbabweelephantnursery.com/sizi-2/
|
| 2018-05-13 |
Laila (Leila): | • EEG Magazine nr 19, July 2011, by European Elephant Group
•
Page 112 Circus Krone by Frieda Sembach-Krone
• Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
|
| 2018-05-10 |
Samba: | • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2416072/French-petanque-player-84-killed-tonne-elephant-run-away-circus.html
•
Survey 2008 - Elephants in European circuses published by European Elephant Group: Tobias Dornbusch, Jürgen Schilfarth
|
| 2018-03-14 |
Opal: | • Jelle Boef |
| 2017-03-11 |
Mocamba: | • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling |
| 2017-03-10 |
Somali: | • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling |
| 2017-03-08 |
Tembo: | • ISIS through Peter Stolk |
| 2017-02-10 |
Baby (Tonga?): | • Survey 2008 - Elephants in European circuses published by European Elephant Group: Tobias Dornbusch, Jürgen Schilfarth
•
http://www.fyens.dk/article/1576196?fbrefresh=true |
| 2016-01-08 |
Baira: | • http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folhinha/dicas/di21020406.htm
•
Jonas Livet, France
•
http://www.iol.co.za/?click_id=143&art_id=qw10772656215B216&set_id=1
•
http://guiadoscuriosos.com.br/categorias/2067/1/zoologico-de-sao-paulo.html
•
Enzo Henriques, Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| 2014-02-03 |
Jumbo: | • Richard Reynolds, Buckles Blog at http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-book-on-jumbo-from-richard-reynolds.html
•
Paul Chambers, Jumbo: The Greatest Elephant in the World</a>, Steerforth, 224 pp. at http://www.amazon.com/dp/1586421417?tag=elephantconsulta&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=1586421417&adid=0HBGCT2DAW644ND90S4M&
•
https://lbry-web-007.amnh.org/digital/index.php/items/show/60745 |
| 2013-11-23 |
Sara: | • The African Forest Elephant and its status in captivity. Part 1: Europe, by Don Cousins, International Zoo News No. 251 (41/2) March 1994. Online list at http://www.zoochat.com/2/african-forest-elephants-completely-gone-zoos-215250/index2.html |
| 2013-06-02 |
Fei Fei: | • http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-05/27/content_16536842.htm
•
http://liuzhou.co.uk/wordpress/2012/08/04/zoo-blues/ |
| 2013-06-02 |
Zhou Zhou: | • http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-05/27/content_16536842.htm |
| 2013-05-27 |
unknown: | • The African Forest Elephant and its status in captivity. Part 1: Europe, by Don Cousins, International Zoo News No. 251 (41/2) March 1994
•
Page 57, The Wild Elephants and the Method of Capturing and Taming it in Ceylon, by J. Emerson Tennent
•
Memoires Pour Servir L'Histoire Naturelle
•
Page 258, Elephants: A Cultural and Natural History, by Karl Groning and Martin Saller |
| 2013-05-08 |
Mara: | • http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=20031003&id=M_YlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6957,3399827
•
http://www.pawsweb.org/meet_elephants.html |
| 2013-02-18 |
Thai: | • http://www.nw-news.de/top_news/7920260_Elefantenbulle_Thai_mit_32_Jahren_gestorben.html |
| 2012-10-16 |
Satara: | • Tomokazu Doigami, Japan.
•
https://elefanten-fotolexikon.eu/profile/azie/japan/shizuoka-susono-fuji-safaripark/satara/ |
| 2012-09-18 |
Roland: | • Anton Frank |
| 2012-08-21 |
Rambo (Dumbo): | • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling |
| 2012-07-05 |
Gipsy (Gypsie): | • Kolmarden Zoo records, Sven Mellgren |
| 2012-07-05 |
Nobi (Noby): | • Kolmarden Zoo records, Sven Mellgren |
| 2012-07-05 |
Tembo (Tempo): | • Kolmarden Zoo records, Sven Mellgren |
| 2012-07-01 |
Jumbo: | • Spartaco Gippoliti
•
http://giardinozoologicodiroma.it/Collegamenti/Elefanti.html
•
Critical inventory of Loxodonta and Elephas (Mammalia, Proboscidea) cranial remains in the collections of the Museo Civico di Zoologia of Rome, https://shorturl.at/nvxO4 |
| 2012-06-11 |
Kiki: | • Wade Burck
•
http://circusnospin.blogspot.com/2012/03/tetzlaffs_2722.html
•
https://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2017/07/8-animal-farms.html |
| 2012-05-24 |
Megu: | • https://elefanten.fandom.com/wiki/Megu |
| 2012-05-24 |
Kosti: | • https://elefanten.fandom.com/wiki/Kosti |
| 2012-04-17 |
Sudan: | • Buckles Web Log, From Chris Berry #2
• "Sarasota 1947 #1 (From Buckles)," Buckles Web Log, 2010-07-27
•
Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger |
| 2012-04-12 |
Topsy: | • Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•
Page 20, 50, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger |
| 2012-04-12 |
Annie: | • Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants |
| 2012-03-31 |
RBCM Moeritherium: | • https://motleymoose.net/2016/10/31/4403/the-royal-british-columbia-museums-exhibit-on-mammoths-and-ancient-proboscideans/ |
| 2012-03-31 |
unknown: | • https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phiomia_minor.jpg
•
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phiomia |
| 2012-03-31 |
Curve: | • https://natureandwildlife.tv/elephant/extremely-rare-elephant-twins-are-born-for-the-first-time-in-a-decade-2/ |
| 2012-03-31 |
Delia Akeley elephant: | • https://www.fieldmuseum.org/about/history/carl-akeley |
| 2012-03-31 |
Carl Akeley elephant: | • https://www.fieldmuseum.org/about/history/carl-akeley |
| 2012-03-31 |
Hola elephant: | • https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/6825531
•
Love Dahlén, Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM)
•
Adrian Lister, London Natural History Museum |
| 2012-03-31 |
Victor: | • Lane Fox, Robin (1973). Alexander the Great. Penguin. p. 339. ISBN 9780140088786.
•
https://erenow.net/biographies/alexanderthegreatrobinlane/25.php |
| 2012-03-31 |
Nicholaus IIs elephant: | • https://www.mos.ru/en/news/item/43645073/ |
| 2012-03-31 |
Dumbo: | • https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/breaking/20100415_Animal_group__Dumbos_handlers_death_no_accident.html |
| 2012-03-27 |
Murinzi: | • https://www.thebharatexpressnews.com/this-elephant-conservation-safari-in-rwanda-is-a-must-do/ |
| 2012-03-12 |
Baby: | • Toni Rhodin, Malmö, Sweden |
| 2012-03-11 |
Baby: | • https://www.bild.de/regional/thueringen/thueringen-aktuell/thueringen-elefant-baby-verletzte-trainerin-schwer-behoerde-stoppt-ruessel-rambo-81405852.bild.html?t_ref=https%3A%2F%2Fm.bild.de%2Fregional%2Fthueringen%2Fthueringen-aktuell%2Fthueringen-elefant-baby-verletzte-trainerin-schwer-behoerde-stoppt-ruessel-rambo-81405852.bildMobile.html |
| 2012-03-07 |
Matadi: | • Dr. Peter Dollinger, Zoo Office Bern, Switzerland.
•
Zooelefant.de (Christian Remenyi) |
| 2012-02-22 |
Bonnie (Konti): | • Buckles Weblog |
| 2011-12-30 |
Fénykövi elephant: | • https://naturalhistory.si.edu/exhibits/african-bush-elephant
•
https://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1625X853BX806.536&profile=sicall&source=~!sichronology&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!818~!4&ri=9&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=elephant&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=9
•
https://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1625X853BX806.536&profile=sicall&source=~!sichronology&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!1129~!5&ri=13&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=elephant&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=13 |
| 2011-12-08 |
Malaika: | • <a href="http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=4415">Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Welcomes New Elephant, 2008-12-15</a>
•
<a href="http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=4603">Zoos Latest Elephant Is A Big Star, 2009-03-15</a>
•
Kim Z
•
https://www.kktv.com/2023/05/14/cheyenne-mountain-zoo-says-goodbye-one-of-a-kind-elephant/ |
| 2011-09-30 |
Tamao: | • Peter Stolk, Netherlands |
| 2011-06-05 |
Citta: | • EEG Magazine nr 18, Jan 2010, by European Elephant Group |
| 2011-06-05 |
Dalia: | • Peter Stolk, Netherlands
•
Enzo Henriques, Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| 2011-04-26 |
Old Bet: | • Stuart Thayer, USA
•
Page 9, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
•
Elephant Notes and New. Shoshani et.al 2000. Available at https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1165&context=elephant
•
https://q1065.fm/why-a-farmer-from-alfred-killed-one-of-the-first-circus-elephants/ |
| 2011-04-26 |
Jumbo II: | • Wild Animals in and out of the Zoo by William M. Mann |
| 2011-04-26 |
Jumbina: | • Wild Animals in and out of the Zoo by William M. Mann |
| 2011-04-07 |
Missy: | • Ryan Easley, USA |
| 2011-04-06 |
Willy: | • Ryan Easley, USA
•
Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
•
<a href="http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=5619" target="_blank">"Cleveland Metroparks Zoo will welcome its first bull elephant," Elephant-News.com, 2010-11-10</a>
•
https://elefanten.fandom.com/wiki/Willy |
| 2011-04-06 |
Pai Tai: | • Taipei Zoo, through Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS)
|
| 2010-12-30 |
Congo: | • Peter Stolk, Netherlands |
| 2010-05-22 |
unknown: | • Mikael Waxman, Sweden. |
| 2010-05-22 |
Reed: | • Peter Stolk, Netherlands |
| 2010-05-02 |
unknown: | • Peter Stolk, Netherlands |
| 2010-05-02 |
unknown: | • Peter Stolk, Netherlands |
| 2010-04-14 |
Mimi: | • Sandra Devaney, Registrar/Research Coordinator, Dublin Zoo |
| 2010-04-09 |
Rosa: | • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling Survey 2008 - Elephants in European circuses published by European Elephant Group: Tobias Dornbusch, Jürgen Schilfarth
•
Christian Hamel, France |
| 2010-02-27 |
Pepi: | • EEG Magazine nr 16, Dec 2009, by European Elephant Group |
| 2010-02-27 |
unknown: | • EEG Magazine nr 16, Dec 2009, by European Elephant Group |
| 2010-02-16 |
Artie (Aardvark): | • "The Elephants of the Watani Grasslands," North Carolina Zoo
•
"Riddle's Sanctuary #1 (From Scott Riddle)," Buckles Web Log, 2010-02-16
•
"Riddle's Sanctuary #2," Buckles Web Log, 2010-02-16 |
| 2009-11-29 |
Daisy: | • Chris Lucas, Blair Drummond Safari Park, United Kingdom |
| 2009-11-23 |
unknown: | • Page 153, 154 Beasts and Men, by Carl Hagenbeck |
| 2009-11-14 |
Bismarck: | • Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
• https://classic.circushistory.org/Query/Query09a.htm
• Page 18, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger |
| 2009-11-14 |
Princess: | • Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•
Page 43, Carl Hagenbeck, by Haug von Kuenheim
•
Page 18, 20, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger |
| 2009-11-09 |
Neptun: | • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling |
| 2009-11-06 |
Timba: | • Peter Stolk, Netherlands |
| 2009-10-31 |
Safari: | • Peter Stolk, Netherlands |
| 2009-03-29 |
Lady: | • Ryan Easley, USA |
| 2009-03-21 |
Vanni: | • Dan Koehl
• Teija Hakkarainen, elephant keeper in Zoolandia
• Vanni, Suomalaisen norsuhistorian lyhyt oppimäärä by Markku Aulanko, 2005, ISBN 952-91-9624-5. |
| 2009-01-30 |
Jumbo: | • http://www.stuttgarter-wochenblatt.de/stw/page/detail.php/1933282 |
| 2009-01-05 |
Zola: | • Celebrations Have Been In Order
•
Heartbreak Over Elephant Death |
| 2009-01-04 |
Tara: | • Ryan Easley, USA |
| 2009-01-01 |
Pouquois (Puqua): | • Buckles Web Log, From Chris Berry #2
•
Pages 64, 65, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger |
| 2009-01-01 |
Congo: | • Buckles Web Log, From Chris Berry #2
•
Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger |
| 2008-12-20 |
unknown: | • Spartaco Gippoliti, Rome, Italy |
| 2008-10-15 |
Babar: | • Spartaco Gippoliti, Rome, Italy |
| 2008-09-30 |
Output: | • Ryno Joubert, History of the Knysna Elephants: The Southernmost Free Roaming Elephants in the World (2020), at https://www.knysnamuseums.co.za//media/doc/hl/history_knysna_elephants_joubert.pdf
•
Meet Oupoot, the only elephant left in the entire Knysna forest, at https://www.news24.com/news24/SouthAfrica/News/meet-oupoot-the-only-elephant-left-in-the-entire-knysna-forest-20190215
•
Research confirms female elephant in the Knysna forest, https://www.sanparks.org/about/news/default.php?id=57723 |
| 2008-03-30 |
Chevrette: | • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling |
| 2008-03-30 |
Sahib: | • p. 86, Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
• Oettermenn, Schaulust am Elefanten |
| 2008-03-21 |
Alicia: | • Jessica Jeniu Perez, March 2008
• Peter Stolk, 2007
• Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling |
| 2007-07-08 |
Toto: | • Christoffer Brack, Wüppertal, Germany. Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100073098771893 |
| 2007-03-14 |
Makonga: | • Michael Mettler |
| 2007-02-16 |
Gira: | • https://www.descifrado.com/2019/03/01/crisis-mueren-una-elefanta-y-un-poni-en-zoologico-de-barquisimeto01mar/ |
| 0000-00-00 |
Mukkei: | • Critical inventory of Loxodonta and Elephas (Mammalia, Proboscidea) cranial remains in the collections of the Museo Civico di Zoologia of Rome, https://shorturl.at/nvxO4 |
| 0000-00-00 |
Temba: | • Matija Ramšak, Ljubljana Zoo. |
| 0000-00-00 |
unknown: | • https://asianart.org/ |
| 0000-00-00 |
unknown: | • Enzo Henriques, Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
