Deceased elephants at Colchester Zoo in United Kingdom

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This database list 7 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ⚪ LA stillborn < 1 Born: captive-born 2011-10-08
Tembo x Zola
Dead:2011-10-08, stillborn 		2011-10-08
2+ ⚪ LA stillborn < 1 Born: captive-born 2010-02-24
Jack x Opal
Dead:2010-02-24, stillborn 		2010-02-24
3+ ⚪ LA stillborn EEP id: 200800 < 1 Born: captive-born 2008-03-01
Tembo x Zola
Dead:2008-03-01, stillborn still in uterus		2008-03-01
4+ ⚪ LA stillborn EEP id: 20025 < 1 Born: captive-born 2005-04-05
Tembo x Zola
Dead:2005-04-05, stillborn 		2005-04-05
5+ ⚪ LA stillborn < 1 Born: captive-born 2003-12-10
Tembo x Zola
Dead:2003-12-10, stillborn 		2003-12-10
6+ ♀ LA Rosa EEP id: 8311 24Born: wild 1983 Dead:2007-11-06 (9 years after arrival), euthanised vaginal/urinary tract issues1998-02-28 Mary Chipperfield’s Circus1985?
7+ ♀ EM Caroline 24Born: wild Dead:, unknown

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Colchester Zoo

Reference list

Facts about Deceased elephants at Colchester Zoo in United Kingdom, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2026), available online retrieved 12 May 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=6 (archived at the Wayback machine)

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2020-12-05 Rosa:• Sadness as zoos elephant is put down, 11/08/2007
• Roger Cawley
2012-11-15 stillborn:• EEG Magazine nr 20, December 2011, by European Elephant Group

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