Name Species - Sex | Birth | Death | Age | Reason | Location |
Jumbo III LC - M | 1966 | 1988-12-18 | 22 | unknown
| Whipsnade Wild Animal Park |
Peggy EM - F | 1931 | 1988-10-30 | 57 | unknown
| Melbourne Zoo |
Birma (Bierma, Bolette) EM - F | 1963 | 1988-09-30 | 25 | disease foot problem | Belfast Zoo |
Dolly EM - F | 1958 | 1988-09-03 | 30 | unknown
| Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit) |
Lilly EM - F | 1952 | 1988-08-31 | 36 | unknown
| Bronx Zoo |
Lucki EM - F | 1941 | 1988-08-28 | 47 | unknown
| San Diego Zoo |
Merula LA - F | 1966 | 1988-08-27 | 22 | unknown
| Thoiry Zoo |
Bopper (Beau Thai) EM - M | 1984-02-01 | 1988-08-26 | 4 | disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus | African Lion Safari (Ontario) |
Taku (Taki, Chajeng) EM - F | 1962 | 1988-08-15 | 26 | disease tuberculosis | Augsburg Zoo |
Ma Guo - F | 1971 | 1988-08-13 | 17 |
| Changsha Zoo |
Lohimi EM - F | 1985-05-24 | 1988-07-21 | 3 | disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1A) | Circus Knie |
Maligawa Raja EM - M | ~1913 | 1988-07-16 | ? | disease "an illness" | Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa Temple of the Tooth |
Suzy (Susie) EM - F | 1951 | 1988-06-22 | 37 | unknown
| Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) |
Tanya (China, Cheena) LA - F | 1964 | 1988-05-04 | 24 | euthanised musculoskeletal mechanical abnormality | Gladys Porter Zoo |
Unknown LA - M | 1983 | 1988-04-00 | 5 | poached speared | Amboseli National Park |
Twiggy LA - F | 1976 | 1988-03-31 | 12 | unknown
| Hogle Zoo (Salt City Zoo) |
Big Boy LA - M | 1970 | 1988-02-15 | 18 | euthanised musculoskeletal mechanical abnormality | Knoxville Zoo |
Unknown LA - unknown | 1988-01-00 | 1988-02-00 | 0 |
| Amboseli National Park |
Idunda LA - F | 1951 | 1988-01-16 | 37 | disease Salmonella infection | Basel Zoo |
Jessica (wild) LA - F | ~1950 | 1988-01-00 | ? | killed speared | Amboseli National Park |
Unknown LA - F | 1985 | 1988-00-00 | 3 | unknown
| Steve Raines |
Thaia EM - F | 1966 | 1988 | 22 | euthanised Tuberculosis | Zurich Zoo |
Leo EM - M | 1974-07-25 | 1988 | 14 | unknown
| Montevideo Zoo |
stillborn EM - | 1988 | 1988 | 0 | stillborn
| Mendoza Zoo |
Butch LA - M | 1986 | 1988 | 2 | unknown
| John Carnes |
Roland LA - M | 1972 | 1988 | 16 |
| Cirkus Mai |
Babli EM - F | | 1988 | ? | accident hit by a jeep | Amer Fort elephant village |