Deceased elephants at Seattle Zoo (Woodland Park Zoo) in United States

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This database list 7 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ♀ EM miscarriage SSP id: 731 < 1 Born: captive-born 2008-08-14
Sneezy x Chai
Dead:2008-08-14, miscarriage 		2008-08-14
2+ ♀ EM Hansa SSP id: 528 7Born: captive-born 2000-11-03
Onyx (Big Mac) x Chai
Dead:2007-06-08 (7 years after arrival), disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV3A)		2000-11-03
3+ ♀ LA Watoto SSP id: 78 45Born: wild 1969 Dead:2014-08-22 (43 years after arrival), euthanised collapsed1971-07-01 International Animal Exchange (Ferndale)
4+ ♀ EM Bamboo SSP id: 659 < 1 45Born: wild 1967-02-00 Dead:1967-12-00, unknown 1967-06-01
5+ ♀ LA Elmer the Safety Elephant SSP id: 318 17Born: wild 1954 Dead:1971-09-25 (15 years after arrival), disease tusk infection1956-06-00
6+ ♂ EM Tusko SSP id: T2242 43Born: wild 1890 Dead:1933-06-10, disease massive blood clot in the heart1932-10-08 George ”Slim” Lewis1898
7+ ♀ EM Wide Awake (Cleopatra) SSP id: T2090 54Born: wild 1913 Dead:1967-08-06 (46 years after arrival), unknown 1921-00-00 Singer Midgets (Leopold von Singer)

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Seattle Zoo (Woodland Park Zoo)

Reference list

Facts about Deceased elephants at Seattle Zoo (Woodland Park Zoo) in United States, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 26 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=437 (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)
2018-12-07 Hansa:• Herpes Kills Seattle Zoo Elephant. 6-Year-Old Elephant Hansa Died Last Month
2018-03-13 Watoto:• Brittany Anderson
•  https://www.thedodo.com/zoo-elephant-watoto-death-754793660.html
2016-01-05 Tusko:• <a href="http://www.zoo.org/zoo_info/history/chapters/history3.html">Woodland Park Zoo</a>
•  <a href="https://classic.circushistory.org/bandwagon/bw-1965Mar.htm">Homer C. Walton. Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Mar-Apr), 1965, pp. 4-11.</a>
•  https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2017/08/25/tusko-elephant-abandoned-oregon-state-fair-salem-portland-seattle/595886001/
2011-04-26 Elmer the Safety Elephant :• Patrick Maluy, Lead Keeper/Elephant Manager, Woodland Park Zoo
2010-11-20 miscarriage:• Seattle Zoo Elephant Chai Miscarries, 2008-08-08
2009-10-31 Wide Awake (Cleopatra):• Ryan Easley, USA


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