Deceased elephants at Tsavo National Park in Kenya

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This database list 20 dead elephants

Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival location
1	+ ♀ LA Mumo < 1	Born: wild 2021-09-10 x Makena Dead:>2021-09-11, pathological collapsed, sunburn and dehydrated after long marsch	2021-09-00
2	+ ♂ LA Lugard 15	Born: wild 2007 x Lissa Dead:2022-11-21? (15 years after arrival), unknown	2007-00-00
3	+ ♀ LA Eleanor Local id: 21 15	Born: wild 1958 Dead:, age	1996-06-00 DSWT Voi
4	+ ♀ LA Fatuma 15	Born: wild 1952 Dead:, unknown	1964-00-00 Sheldricks elephant orphanage
5	+ ♂ LA Samson 15	Born: wild 1953 Dead:, euthanised poisoned from distance by poachers with akokanthera arrow poison	1954-00-00 DSWT Voi
6	+ ♂ LA Julian	Born: wild ~1970 Dead:2020-01-00, age
7	+ ♂ LA Samson	Born: wild ~1952 Dead:,	Sheldricks elephant orphanage
8	+ ♀ LA Selengai 9	Born: wild 2003-03-00 Dead:2012-10-02, poached	DSWT Ithumba
9	+ ♀ LA Loisaba 13	Born: wild 1998-01-00 Dead:2011-06-28, disease pneumonia indicating Tuberculosis or Cancer	DSWT Voi
10	+ ♂ LA Satao 50	Born: wild 1964? Dead:2014-05-30, poached shot with poisoned arrow
11	+ ♀ LA F_MU1 (wild) Local id: F_MU1 60	Born: wild 1957 Dead:2017, age
12	+ ♂ LA Wide Satao 60	Born: wild Dead:2021-12-13, age
13	+ ♂ LA Il Talal 60	Born: wild Dead:2021-06-17?, poached spear wound
14	+ ♂ LA Satao II 60	Born: wild Dead:2017-03-00, poached shot with a poisoned arrow
15	+ ♂ LA Kamboyo (wild) 60	Born: wild Dead:2017-02-19?, age
16	+ ♂ LA Kenani (wild) 60	Born: wild Dead:2016-07-19, poached shot
17	+ ♀ LA Sobo 60	Born: wild Dead:, unknown	Sheldricks elephant orphanage
18	+ ♀ LA Dida 60	Born: wild Dead:, unknown
19	+ ♂ LA Bukanezi 60	Born: wild Dead:, poached	Sheldricks elephant orphanage
20	+ ♀ LA Namunyak 60	Born: wild Dead:2020-03-27, unknown

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Tsavo National Park

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Facts about Deceased elephants at Tsavo National Park in Kenya, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 12 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=662 (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this list:
Latest update	Name of elephant	Source (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2020-08-11	F_MU1 (wild):	• https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-47524798
2020-08-10	Kenani (wild):	• https://africageographic.com/stories/africas-big-tuskers/ • https://elephantsandbees.com/a-poached-tsavo-elephant-tracking-collar/
2020-08-10	Wide Satao:	• https://tsavotrust.org/tusker-wide-satao-successfully-treated-for-a-fresh-arrow-wound/
2020-08-10	Kamboyo (wild):	• https://tsavotrust.org/iconic-tusker-kamboyo-dies-naturally-of-old-age/
2020-04-26	Namunyak:	• https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/naboishu
2020-03-05	Julian:	• https://africageographic.com/blog/the-death-of-julian-one-of-africas-last-great-tuskers/?fbclid=IwAR12u3dATO-EVPXIGhjAQrwe-3KKEWBB3onQOfMhyzoMbvYSrPeZGmPZXP8
2018-11-24	Eleanor:	• http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/html/elephant_archival.asp • https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/PDF/Newsletter2006.pdf
2018-10-24	Loisaba:	• https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/updates/updates.asp?ID=345
2018-10-24	Selengai:	• http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/updates/updates.asp?ID=455
2018-10-20	Bukanezi:	• http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/html/elephant_archival.asp
2018-10-19	Fatuma:	• http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/html/elephant_archival.asp
2018-10-19	Sobo:	• http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/html/elephant_archival.asp
2018-10-19	Samson:	• http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/html/elephant_archival.asp
2018-05-12	Satao:	• http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/kenyas-iconic-tusker-elephant-satao-is-killed-by-poachers-9537081.html • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satao_(elephant)
2017-03-07	Satao II:	• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/06/poachers-kill-satao-ii-elephant-kenya-tsavo-big-tusker
2012-03-31	Mumo:	• https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/makenas-heartbreaking-loss
2012-03-31	Il Talal:	• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/environment/2021/04/15/one-africas-last-super-tusker-elephants-dies-kenyan-national/
2012-03-29	Dida:	• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-63435200?at_custom3=BBC+News
2011-11-10	Lugard:	• http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/updates/updates.asp?ID=116

Tsavo National Park on elephant-news.com

Tsavo National Park is mentioned on Elephant News:
Date	Links which opens in new window
2013-04-26	Elephant endotheliotrophic herpes virus surveillance (eehv) in elephants in tsavo - Elephant News
2013-06-04	10 kws staff investigated for spying for poachers - Elephant News
	Kws launch manhunt for poachers who killed 6 elephants in tsavo - Elephant News
2020-08-24	Adorable video of 1-day-old baby elephant following his mother goes viral. internet is in love - Elephant News
	First reported case of fatal tuberculosis in a wild african elephant with past humanâ€“wildlife contact - Elephant News

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This database list 20 dead elephants

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