Lulu at Buffalo Zoo
Lulu died shortly after completion of this watercolor painting | ||
| † Lulu | ID Number: | SSP Number: 23 - |
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) | |
| Sex and age: | Female ♀ 40 years old | |
| Dead date: | † 1992-11-15 | |
| Death reason: | euthanised: tooth infection | |
| Location: | Buffalo Zoo | |
| Arrived | Buffalo Zoo 1953-07-06 | |
| Born: | 1952 wild Thailand | |
| Document updated | 2009-01-26: book 2009-12-21: picture 2010-10-11: Death, Text RE | |
SSP state birth year 1952, but "A Lulu and Her Companion" states she was 3 years old upon arrival in Buffalo in 1953. In November 1995, Lulu was euthanized via lethal injection after the zoo veterinarian warned she would not survive the operation to remove an absessed tooth. An operation had been performed earlier in April to clean the infection, but it returned several weeks prior to her death. Sources, among others
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