Deceased elephants at Phoenix Zoo in United States

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This database list 7 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ♀ EM Sheena SSP id: 29 50Born: wild 1971 Dead:2021-11-23 (21 years after arrival), unknown 2000-11-19 Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation
2+ ♀ EM Reba SSP id: 283 50Born: wild 1970 Dead:2020-03-30 (21 years after arrival), euthanised 1999-12-17 Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit)
3+ ♀ EM stillborn < 1 50Born: captive-born 1998-11-06
Sneezy x Ruby
Dead:1998-11-06, stillborn calf died in utero 2 weeks before caesarean section		1998-11-06
4+ ♀ EM Indu SSP id: 129 60Born: wild 1965 Dead:2025-05-08 (27 years after arrival), euthanised multiple health issues; chronic osteoarthritis and age-related illness1998-04-09 Houston Zoo
5+ ♀ EM Ruby SSP id: 173 25Born: wild 1973 Dead:1998-11-06, euthanised emergency caesarean section and infection1997-11-11 Tulsa Zoo
6+ ♀ LA Juma SSP id: 151 5Born: wild 1977 Dead:1982-05-07 (2 years after arrival), unknown env./beh. conditions; generalized trauma1980-11-22 International Animal Exchange (Ferndale)1980
7+ ♀ EM Sassafras SSP id: 593 4Born: wild 1965-09 Dead:1969-05-13 (4 years after arrival), unknown 1965-12-09 Gene Goebel

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Phoenix Zoo

Reference list

Facts about Deceased elephants at Phoenix Zoo in United States, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 16 December 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=79 (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)
2012-10-24 Reba:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
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Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
•  https://www.12news.com/article/life/animals/beloved-asian-elephant-reba-dies-at-phoenix-zoo/75-1b853c5b-de4d-4844-8a87-deb2b684c642
2011-09-01 stillborn:• Email-99: Andrew Smith, elephant keeper in Phoenix Zoo
2009-11-22 Ruby:• Email-99: Andrew Smith, elephant keeper in Phoenix Zoo
2007-03-02 Indu:• https://ktar.com/arizona-news/indu-phoenix-zoo-elephant-dies/5703339/


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