Elephants dead 1997

38 records of elephants deaths in the database during 1997

Name Species - Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Reason	Location
India EM - F	1959	1997?	38	unknown	Josef Gärtner
unknown EM -	1997	1997?	0		Sebanga-Duri Elephant Center (Riau)
Annabelle EM - F	1964	1997-12-14	33	disease chronic foot infection	Alaska Zoo
Sneeze LA - F	1970	1997-12-01	27	killed injury from exhibit mate; generalized trauma	Winston Wildlife Safari
AnnaMae EM - F	1967	1997-11-11	30	unknown	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa)
Kasama LA - F	1988	1997-11-11	9	disease salmonella	Dudley Zoo
Key EM - F	1930-05-23	1997-10-26	67	unknown	Africam Safari (Puebla Zoo)
Missy EM - F	1964	1997-10-18	33	euthanised arthritis	Detroit Zoo
Judy EM - F	1945	1997-10-08	52	disease Cancer	Oklahoma City Zoo
Siam EM - M	1945	1997-09-29	52	disease foot problems	Paris Zoo Vincennes
John (Ben) EM - M	1989-02-28	1997-09-25	8	anesthesia	Rotterdam Zoo
stillborn EM - M	1997-09-06	1997-09-06	0	stillborn	Dickerson Park Zoo
Heather LA - F	1984	1997-08-06	13	accident heat exhaustion	King Royal Circus (Gopher Davenport)
Arun EM - M	1976	1997-08-00	21	anesthesia tooth infection and misguided anesthesia	Budapest Zoo
Tico LC - F		1997-07-00	?	disease infection	Abidjan Zoo
Hannibal EM - M	1997-02-17	1997-06-19	0	unknown	Copenhagen Zoo
Sonny EM - F	1943	1997-06-06	54	unknown	Rotterdam Zoo
Nadi LA - F	1978/1979	1997-05-25	19	euthanised	Circus Giovanni Althoff
Karha EM - F	1995-12-19	1997-05-25	2	unknown	Chester Zoo
Max EM - M	1968	1997-04-30	29	euthanised foot problem	Munich Zoo
stillborn EM - M	1997-04-26	1997-04-26	0	stillborn premature	Houston Zoo
Belle EM - F	1952	1997-04-22	45	euthanised musculoskeletal problems; infection	Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)
Sabu LA - F	1960	1997-03-24	37	unknown after autopsy	San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Annie EM - F	1965	1997-03-22	32	disease salmonella; tuberculosis	Los Angeles Zoo
Ola EM - F	1957	1997-03-00	40	anesthesia foot problem	Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus)
Jawa EM - F	1950	1997-02-12	47	euthanised	Danzig Zoo (Zoo Gdansk)
MyFanwy (Baby) LA - F	1981	1997-02-00	16	unknown	Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park
Kenya LA - F	1974	1997-01-15	23	disease infection associated; respiratory bacterial	Peter Luvas
Siam LA - F	1975/1976	1997-01-00	22	euthanised general poor condition	Circus Giovanni Althoff
Tuskless (wild) LA - F	~1962	1997-01-00	?	killed Shot dead by the Kenya Wildlife Service in retaliation for a Maasai cow that was killed by an elephant.	Amboseli National Park
Boy EM - M	1970	1997	27	unknown	Belgrade Zoo
unknown (white?) LA - F		1997	?	unknown	Bussolengo Safari Park (Garda Zoological Park)
Gajarani Lakshmikutty EM - F		1997	?	unknown	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
Drona EM - M		1997	?	accident electrocuted by the high-tension electric wire passing through the Kakanakote jungles	Balle Elephant Camp
noname LA - M		1997	?	shot in culling operation killed rhinos	Pilanesberg National Park
Nelly EM - F	1957	1997	40	unknown	Sapucaia Zoo
stillborn EM -	1997	1997	0	stillborn	Bardia hattisar
Jumbo LA - F	1969	1997	28		Gänserndorf Safari Park

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Sex: M is a male elephant bull, F is a female elephant cow. Species: LA is african bush/savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), LC is african forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), EM is asian elephant (Elephas maximus) Status: (of training method) FC Free contact, PC is Protected contact, CC is Confined contact and NC is No contact and dead means that the elephant is not more living and trained.

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