Melchior
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Ovita Game Farm in Namibia

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Melchior  dead elephant

Identification


Description

Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Male ♂
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place: in Kruger National Park
Death
Dead: 1999
Death reason: accident: electrocuted by electrical wire on the farm
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Ovita Game Farm, in Namibia

Date of arrival

Ovita Game Farm
from Wolfgang Delfts

Wolfgang Delfts
from Kruger National Park

Record history
History of updates2023-11-21

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Melchior is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1999 at Ovita Game Farm, in Namibia, . Official death reason described as electrocuted by electrical wire on the farm.

Origin

Melchior was born wild at Kruger National Park.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Melchior, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Ovita Game Farm in Namibia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2616. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories1999 deaths | Elephants from Ovita Game Farm | Namibia | African savanna elephants


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