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

This database list 7 dead elephants

Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival location	Import
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 7	Born: 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 45	Born: wild 1969 Dead:2014-08-22 (43 years after arrival), euthanised collapsed	1971-07-01 International Animal Exchange (Ferndale)
4	+ ♀ EM Bamboo SSP id: 659 < 1 45	Born: wild 1967-02-00 Dead:1967-12-00, unknown	1967-06-01
5	+ ♀ LA Elmer the Safety Elephant SSP id: 318 17	Born: wild 1954 Dead:1971-09-25 (15 years after arrival), disease tusk infection	1956-06-00
6	+ ♂ EM Tusko SSP id: T2242 43	Born: wild 1890 Dead:1933-06-10, disease massive blood clot in the heart	1932-10-08 George ”Slim” Lewis	1898
7	+ ♀ EM Wide Awake (Cleopatra) SSP id: T2090 54	Born: wild 1913 Dead:1967-08-06 (46 years after arrival), unknown	1921-00-00 Singer Midgets (Leopold von Singer)

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Facts about Deceased elephants at Seattle Zoo (Woodland Park Zoo) in United States, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2026), available online retrieved 7 June 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=437 (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Latest update	Name of elephant	Source (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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