Deceased elephants at Zurich Zoo in Switzerland


This database list 19 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ♂ EM Unnamed EEP id: 202301? (not confirmed) < 1 Born: captive-born 2023-01-15
Thai x Farha
Dead:2023-01-15, pathological weak, undeveloped organs
2023-01-15
2+ ♀ EM Ruwani EEP id: 201705 5Born: captive-born 2017-02-25
Thai x Farha
Dead:2022-07-23 (5 years after arrival), disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus
2017-02-25
3+ ♀ EM Omysha EEP id: 201406 8Born: captive-born 2014-06-17
Maxi x Indi
Dead:2022-07-11 (8 years after arrival), disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus
2014-06-17
4+ ♂ EM Umesh EEP id: 202002 2Born: captive-born 2020-02-05
Thai x Indi
Dead:2022-06-29 (2 years after arrival), disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus.
2020-02-05
5+ ♂ EM Unnamed EEP id: 202012? (EEP nr N/A) < 1 2Born: captive-born 2020-08-19
Thai x Omysha
Dead:2020-08-19, killed from another elephant
2020-08-19
6+ ♂ EM Maxi EEP id: 8110 51Born: wild 1969 Dead:2020-02-10 (39 years after arrival), euthanised 1981-09-15 Longleat Safari Park
7+ ♀ EM Druk EEP id: 6810 49Born: wild 1967-04-01 Dead:2016-05-03 (48 years after arrival), euthanised couldn stand up after she collapsed1968-06-24 King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
8+ ♀ EM Chhukha (Chukkh) EEP id: 6811 39Born: 1967-09-01 Dead:2006-03-20 (38 years after arrival), euthanised arthritis in legs and hip1968-06-24 King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
9+ ♂ EM Aishu EEP id: 20002 3Born: captive-born 2000-06-10
Maxi x Ceyla (Ceyla-Himali)
Dead:2003-10-15 (3 years after arrival), disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus
2000-06-10
10+ ♂ EM Xian EEP id: 9701 2Born: captive-born 1997-09-08
Maxi x Ceyla (Ceyla-Himali)
Dead:1999-11-20 (2 years after arrival), disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1A)
1997-09-08
11+ ♀ EM Komali EEP id: 8410 11Born: captive-born 1984-07-27
Maxi x Ceyla (Ceyla-Himali)
Dead:1995-04-02 (11 years after arrival), euthanised aggressive
1984-07-27
12+ ⚪ EM stillborn < 1 11Born: captive-born 1993-12-00
Maxi x Komali
Dead:1993-12-00, miscarriage after 8 months pregnancy
1993-12-00
13+ ♀ EM Thaia EEP id: 6615 22Born: wild 1966 Dead:1988 (8 years after arrival), euthanised Tuberculosis1980-09-08 Copenhagen Zoo
14+ ♀ EM stillborn EEP id: 8607 < 1 22Born: captive-born 1986-05-22
Maxi x Chhukha (Chukkh)
Dead:1986-05-22, stillborn Veterinarians gave the mother Oxytozin
1986-05-22
15+ ♀ EM Valaja (Valaya) EEP id: 4402 33Born: wild 1944-06-00 Dead:1977-08-24 (29 years after arrival), euthanised 1948-05-01
16+ ♀ EM Mandjullah EEP id: 2903 33Born: wild Dead:1966-12-06 (37 years after arrival), unknown 1929-09-03
17+ ♂ EM Chang II EEP id: 3604 33Born: wild Dead:1947-12-25 (11 years after arrival), euthanised shot1936-07-17
18+ ♀ EM Rani EEP id: 3205 33Born: wild Dead:1935-10-11 (3 years after arrival), unknown 1932-06-06 Firma Ruhe
19+ ♀ EM unnnamed EEP id: 202008 33Born: captive-born 2020-04-05
Thai x Farha
Dead:, killed by mother?
2020-04-05

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Zurich Zoo

Reference list

Facts about Deceased elephants at Zurich Zoo in Switzerland, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2023), available online retrieved 3 October 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=34 (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)
2020-11-05 Unnamed:• https://www.bluewin.ch/de/news/vermischtes/kleiner-elefant-nach-geburt-verstorben-428226.html
•  https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/elephant-calf-inadvertently-killed-by-herd-in-zurich-zoo/46135982
•  http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=7530
2020-04-22 Umesh:• https://elefanten.fandom.com/wiki/Umesh
•  https://www.zoo.ch/de/zoonews/elefant-umesh-schwerer-krankheit-gestorben
2018-12-07 Xian:• Peter Stolk, Netherlands
•  Gary S. Hayward, Ph D. John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
2018-03-06 Maxi:• Article: "Colchester Zoo - Moto and Toto" at ShowMe Elephants," 09/16/2011
•  http://www.upali.ch (Georges Frei, Switzerland)
• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
• Zoo, Independent Zoo Enthusiasts Society edited by by Tim Brown and Rob Vaughan
2018-03-02 Ruwani:• https://www.facebook.com/zoozuerich
•  https://www.srf.ch/news/regional/zuerich-schaffhausen/der-kleine-elefant-hat-einen-namen
•  https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ruwani-becomes-third-elephant-die-herpes-virus-zurich-zoo-2022-07-23/
2017-03-25 Omysha:• Elisabeth Hiendl
2017-03-09 Aishu:• http://www.upali.ch (Georges Frei, Switzerland)
• Andrea Vonau, Switzerland
2017-03-09 Komali:• http://www.upali.ch (Georges Frei, Switzerland)
• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2017-03-08 Druk:• http://www.upali.ch (Georges Frei, Switzerland)
•  http://metro.co.uk/2016/04/21/elephant-hoisted-to-its-feet-by-crane-after-falling-over-while-goofing-around-5830744/
2017-01-16 Chang II:• Kurt Balmer, Switzerland
2011-04-17 Unnamed:• https://www.zoo.ch/de/zoonews/zu-schwach-zum-leben
2009-03-07 stillborn:• http://www.upali.ch (Georges Frei, Switzerland)
• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling

Zurich Zoo on elephant-news.com

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2016-04-21Zurich firemen use crane to haul old elephant to her feet - Elephant News
2014-06-05Zurich zoo opens new 57-million-franc ($63.5-million) facility for elephants - Elephant News
Elefantenpark zoo zürich - Elephant News
Elephant baby farha born in zuerich zoo - Elephant News


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