Ziwadi
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
DSWT Nairobi nursery in Kenya

Biography

☨ ♀ Ziwadi

Identification

Sheldrick orphans	389

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 5 years old
Origin
Born:	* 2018-03-00 wild
Birth place:	in Masai Mara
Death
Dead:	†2023-02-08
Death reason:	unknown: drowned, stop breathing while playing in a mudbath
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	DSWT Nairobi nursery, in Kenya

Date of arrival

2019-04-07	DSWT Nairobi nursery from Masai Mara

Record history
History of updates	2022-04-17

Latest document update	2023-02-24 09:21:59
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† Ziwadi is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2023-02-08 at DSWT Nairobi nursery, in Kenya, . Official death reason described as drowned, stop breathing while playing in a mudbath.

Origin

Ziwadi was born wild 2018-03-00 at Masai Mara.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Ziwadi, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at DSWT Nairobi nursery in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 5 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16872. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Links

Ziwadi on Elephant Orphan Profiles, at sheldrickwildlifetrust.org, website for The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

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