Deceased elephants at Bronx Zoo in United States


This database list 23 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ♀ EM Maxine SSP id: 204 45Born: wild 1973 Dead:2018-11-20 (45 years after arrival), euthanised 1973-10-01
2+ ♀ EM Maya (Sammi, Sami, Samuel R II) SSP id: 332 14Born: captive-born 1992-04-17
Vance (Matt) x Sally
Dead:2006-01--31 (13 years after arrival), disease Kidney failure
1993-07-09 Roman Schmitt Busch Garden
3+ ♀ EM Grumpy SSP id: 168 31Born: wild 1971 Dead:2002-10-03 (25 years after arrival), killed after sustaining injuries from being beaten up by Patti and Maxine1977-03-21 Lion Country Safari, Inc - Florida
4+ ♀ EM Tus (Tuss, Miss Debbie) SSP id: 169 49Born: wild 1953 Dead:2002-05-16 (26 years after arrival), unknown 1976-09-27 Catskill Game Farm
5+ ♀ EM Lilly SSP id: 400 36Born: wild 1952 Dead:1988-08-31 (2 years after arrival), unknown 1986-12-29 Prospect Park Zoo
6+ ♂ EM Astor SSP id: 207 2Born: captive-born 1981-08-20
Groucho x Patti
Dead:1983-01-26 (2 years after arrival), disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus
1981-08-20
7+ ♀ EM Laverne (Vashi 1) SSP id: 390 12Born: wild 1970 Dead:1982-05-16 (9 years after arrival), unknown 1973-10-01
8+ ♀ EM Cutie SSP id: 397 41Born: wild 1935 Dead:1976-09-21 (36 years after arrival), unknown 1940-10-08 Benson Wild Animal Farm
9+ ♀ EM Dolly SSP id: 396 41Born: wild 1935 Dead:1976-09-21 (36 years after arrival), unknown 1940-10-08 Benson Wild Animal Farm
10+ ♀ LC Doruma (Pinky) SSP id: 313 32Born: wild 1938 Dead:1970-03-01 (24 years after arrival), euthanised 1946-10-08 Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center
11+ ♀ LA Sudana SSP id: 307 35Born: wild 1927 Dead:1962-08-11 (31 years after arrival), euthanised arthtritis1931-11-09 Firma Ruhe
12+ ♂ LC Zangelima (Barney) 20Born: wild 1932 Dead:1952-11-14 (6 years after arrival), killed shot, agressive1946-10-08 Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center
13+ ♀ LA Bamangwa (Minnie) SSP id: 312 14Born: wild 1936 Dead:1950-08-01 (4 years after arrival), disease paratyphoid infection1946-10-08 Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center
14+ ♀ EM Alice SSP id: 391 50Born: wild 1893 Dead:1943-08-27 (35 years after arrival), unknown 1908-09-03 Luna Park
15+ ♀ EM Burma SSP id: 392 50Born: wild Dead:1942-08-22 (2 years after arrival), unknown 1940-08-15
16+ ♂ EM Runga SSP id: 395 13Born: wild 1927 Dead:1940-11-07 (10 years after arrival), euthanised shot, aggressive1930-06-19
17+ ♀ LC Tiny 13Born: wild 1920-04 Dead:1933-03-02 (11 years after arrival), unknown 1922-12-06 London Zoo
18+ ♂ LA Khartoum SSP id: 304 28Born: wild 1903 Dead:1931-10-23 (24 years after arrival), disease heart failure1907-06-25 Firma Carl Hagenbeck
19+ ♀ EM Nita SSP id: 398 4Born: wild 1924 Dead:1928-01-04, unknown 1927-11-04
20+ ♀ LA Sultana SSP id: 305 14Born: wild 1905 Dead:1919-12-27 (12 years after arrival), euthanised foot problems?1907-06-25 Firma Carl Hagenbeck1907?
21+ ♂ LC Congo SSP id: 302 15Born: wild 1900 Dead:1915-11-03 (10 years after arrival), euthanised shot; foot probelms1905-06-28 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)1905?
22+ ♂ EM Gunda SSP id: 399 18Born: wild 1897 Dead:1915-06-21 (11 years after arrival), euthanised shot, aggressive1904-07-02 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
23+ ♂ EM Tom Thumb SSP id: T2300 18Born: wild Dead:, killed Executed by electrocution 1887-00-00 Barnum & Bailey Circus1851-05-04

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Bronx Zoo

Reference list

Facts about Deceased elephants at Bronx Zoo in United States, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2024), available online retrieved 5 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=441 (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)
2018-11-20 Maxine:• Richard Chiger
•  https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/11720/Maxine-A-48-Year-Old-Asian-Elephant-Has-Been-Euthanized-at-the-Bronx-Zoo.aspx
2018-11-11 Tiny:• Richard Chiger
•  Ryan Easley, USA
2018-05-16 Alice:• Richard Chiger
•  Ryan Easley, USA
2012-09-30 Tom Thumb:• The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, Bandwagon
•  Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-09-29 Sultana:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
• Richard Chiger
2012-01-16 Gunda:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
•  Richard Chiger
•  Chang Reynolds
•  60 years of chains still
2012-01-16 Congo:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
• Richard Chiger
2012-01-16 Runga:• Richard Chiger
2012-01-16 Sudana:• Richard Chiger
2011-12-12 Doruma (Pinky):• Richard Chiger
• Sandra Shoshani
2011-12-06 Bamangwa (Minnie):• Richard Chiger
• Sandra Shoshani
• The Management of Wild Mammals in Captivity by Lee Saunders Crandall
2011-04-26 Khartoum:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
• W. Henry Sheak, The Elephant in Captivity
• Richard Chiger
2011-04-26 Zangelima (Barney):• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
• Richard Chiger
• Sandra Shoshani
2011-03-27 Tus (Tuss, Miss Debbie):• Richard Chiger
2010-12-30 Lilly:• "Table 4: Captive Elephants 1988-1999 and Additions to 1980-1988 Records," Elephant, The Publication of the Elephant Research Foundation, Vol 2 No 4, January 2000. p 65-71
2009-12-13 Burma:• Richard Chiger
2009-04-12 Grumpy:• Ryan Easley, USA
• Tommy Realing
•  Fordham's Rams Defeat Zoo's Elephant In Bronx, 1982-08-22>
• 
Elephant Extravaganza, 1984-09-24>
2007-06-20 Maya (Sammi, Sami, Samuel R II):• Richard Chiger
2007-04-18 Dolly:• Richard Chiger
2007-04-17 Nita:• Richard Chiger
2007-04-17 Cutie:• Richard Chiger


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