Deceased elephants at Detroit Zoo in United States


This database list 4 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ♀ EM Missy SSP id: 225 33Born: wild 1964 Dead:1997-10-18 (3 years after arrival), euthanised arthritis1994-11-09 Fort Worth Zoo
2+ ♀ EM Ruth SSP id: 89 46Born: wild 1948 Dead:1994-02-17, anesthesia during TB testing Belle Isle Nature Zoo (Safariland, Detroit Zoo)
3+ ♀ EM Kita SSP id: 88 31Born: wild 1958 Dead:1989-12-23 (30 years after arrival), euthanised arthritis; pnemonia; infected feet1959-05-20
4+ ♀ LA Shara SSP id: 319 14Born: wild 1955 Dead:1969-03-05 (13 years after arrival), disease infection associated; respiratory bacterial1956-06-27 Firma Ruhe

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Detroit Zoo

Reference list

Facts about Deceased elephants at Detroit Zoo in United States, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2024), available online retrieved 29 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=75 (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)
2011-04-16 Ruth:• "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
2011-01-02 Missy:• Ryan Easley, USA
• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  "Carson & Barnes Circus 1962", Buckles Web Log, 2007-09-05
•  "Robert "Smokey" Jones #1, Buckles Web Log, 2005-09-10
•  "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
2010-12-31 Kita:• "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


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