Relocated elephants from Adelaide Zoo in Australia

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Adelaide Zoo had previously 3 elephants relocated to new location.
Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival
Departure		 Present locationImport
1 † ♀ EM - Arna
ASMP id: 67
 dead: Born wild 1958 Dead: 2012-09-14, 54 yrs Reason: age: 1963-02-11
1963-05-11		 Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo
2 † ♀ EM - Tara
ASMP id: 45
 dead: Born unknown 1958 Dead: 1987-10-00, 29 yrs Reason: accident: road accident 1963-02-11
1963-00-00		 Sole Brothers Circus
3 † ♀ EM - Samorn
ASMP id: 33
 dead: Born wild 1950 Dead: 1994-10-10, 44 yrs Reason: accident: fell in the moat and died 1956-11-30
1991-11-17		 Monarto Zoo


Source for the list of elephants relocated, previously living at Adelaide Zoo

Reference list

Facts about previously kept elephants, relocated from Adelaide Zoo in Australia, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 28 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=559 (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)
2013-06-02 Samorn:• Murray Guy, Records Officer, Adelaide Zoo.
•  Jude Price
•  http://www.postcards.sa.com.au/features/adelaide_uni_25th.html
2013-05-23 Tara:• Murray Guy, Records Officer, Adelaide Zoo.
2013-05-21 Arna:• Australasian Region Asian Elephant Studbook (2011) Compiled by Jan Steele, Australia
•  http://www.zoochat.com/24/rip-arna-asian-elephant-291369/
•  Glenn Sullivan, Taronga Western Plains zoo
•  https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/01/15/2138882.htm
•  Zoo welcomes killer circus elephant

Adelaide Zoo on elephant-news.com

Adelaide Zoo is mentioned on Elephant News:

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2014-02-06Adelaide, remember when samorn the elephant and george the orangutan lived at the zoo? - Elephant News


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