Elephants dead 2008

90 records of elephants deaths in the database during 2008

Name Species - Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Reason	Location
Bimbo Jr EM - F	1956	2008?	52	unknown	George Carden Circus International
Dumbo EM - M	1978	2008-12-16	30	unknown	Nagano Chausuyama Zoo
Tsoy EM - F		2008-12-08	?	disease foreign body in food	Chiang Mai Night Safari
Kunyai EM - F		2008-12-07	?	disease foreign body in food	Chiang Mai Night Safari
stillborn LA - unknown	2008-12-00	2008-12-00	0	stillborn	Amboseli National Park
Anka EM - F	1962	2008-11-15	46	euthanised collapsed due to serious leg problems and couldnt rise	Mallorca Safari Park
Mac EM - M	2006-10-01	2008-11-09	2	disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1A)	Houston Zoo
Malti EM - F	2007-08-09	2008-11-01	1	disease acute heart failure because of Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1A)	Calgary Zoo
fetal death LA -	2008-10-28	2008-10-28	0	maternal death	Atlanta Zoo
Dottie LA - F	1982	2008-10-27	26	disease pneumonia	Atlanta Zoo
Tarun EM - M	1974	2008-10-19	34	disease after a tuskoperation 13 Oct	Odessa Zoo
unknown EM - M	1960	2008-10-00	48	unknown	Doha Zoo
Hilda? or Indra? EM - F	1968	2008-09-23	40	accident escaped from circus and hit by a bus	Gran Circo Union
71 LA - F	1982	2008-09-19	26	disease chronic pancreatitis	PAWS ARK 2000
noname LA - M	2008-08-14	2008-09-13	0	unknown became unresponsive and veterinary and animal care staff were unable to revive it	Montgomery Zoo
Candy EM - F	1995-03-02	2008-09-12	13	unknown	Yerevan Zoo
Misha LA - F	1981	2008-09-09	27	euthanised because of declining health	Hogle Zoo (Salt City Zoo)
Bonus LA - M	2008-08-26	2008-09-05	0	disease anorexia, general weakness	Elephant & Cheetah experience
Tequila LA - F	1970	2008-09-02	38	unknown necropsy inconclusive	Toronto Zoo
Anja LA - F	1973	2008-09-00	35	disease pneumonia	Circus Voyage (Alois Spindler)
Eva LA - F	1968	2008-09-00	40	unknown	Aqualeon Zoo
Mary LA - F	1985	2008-08-16	23	disease colic with intestinal rupturecolic with intestinal rupture	Montgomery Zoo
miscarriage EM - F	2008-08-14	2008-08-14	0	miscarriage	Seattle Zoo (Woodland Park Zoo)
Mocosita EM - F	1952	2008-07-19	56	age	La Aurora Zoo
stillborn EM - M	2008-07-19	2008-07-19	0	stillborn	Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal
Miyo EM - F	1975	2008-07-14	33	unknown	Hamamatsu Zoo
Chizi LA - M		2008-07-12	?	killed by Lundi	Wild Horizons Elephant Camp
Mashaba LA - M	1996	2008-07-12	12	euthanised muscle atrophy which would not heal	Wild Horizons Elephant Camp
Norris (Mazal) LA - F	1969	2008-07-07	39	maternal death infection from dead fetus in her uterus	Ramat Gan Zoo
Calcutta II EM - F	1948	2008-07-07	60	euthanised declining health	Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Retirement Farm
Shara (Sara) LA - F	1978-01-17	2008-07-00	30	unknown	Port Lympne Zoo
Ganeshi EM - unknown		2008-07-00	?	unknown	Dhupjhora elephant camp (Gorumara Central Pilkhana)
Ranga EM - M	1992	2008-06-23	16	unknown	Tokushima Zoo
Rhani EM - F	1954-01-00	2008-06-13	54	euthanised foot abcess	Leipzig Zoo
Petal LA - F	1955	2008-06-09	53	age acute heart and lung failure after she fell on her side while sleeping	Philadelphia Zoo
Y Trut EM - M	1937	2008-05-27	71	disease poisoned, ate grass from a field that had been sprayed with insecticide.	Y Bhem
India EM - F	1961	2008-05-26	47	euthanised foot problems	Lodz Zoo
Sai Geeta EM -	1954	2008-05-20	54	disease	Sathya Sai Baba (Sathyanarayana Raju)
Indumathi EM - F		2008-05-12	?	disease	Kukke Shri Subrahmanya temple (Kukke Pattana)
Keke LA - F	1968	2008-05-11	40	euthanised congestive heart failure	Dallas Zoo
Midula EM - F	1971	2008-05-02	37		Tianjin Zoo
Cautni EM - F	1948	2008-05-00	60	age	Circus Charles Knie
Phoenix LA - F	2001	2008-05-00	7	unknown	EOP Kafue Release Facility
Indumati EM - F		2008-05-00	?		Kukke Shri Subrahmanya temple (Kukke Pattana)
Parvati EM - F		2008-05-00	?		Saundatti unspecified temple
Mem EM - F	1943	2008-04-23	65	age	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa)
Zoulu (Zoulou) LA - F		2008-04-23	?	unknown	Platschow Elefantenhof
Jan EM - F	1971	2008-04-11	37	disease Tuberculosis	Tarzan Zerbini Circus
Winky (Winkie) EM - F	1952	2008-04-07	56	euthanised suffering from joint problems and could not get up	PAWS ARK 2000
Shaka LA - M		2008-04-00	?	euthanised agressive, killed elephant handlers	Serendib Elephant Project
Queenie EM - F	1959	2008-03-29	49	age	Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES)
Clem LA - M		2008-03-19	?	accident hit by a freight train on the Masuwe estate on 19 March 2008, whilst feeding unattended	Adventure Zone (Safari Par Excellence)
stillborn EM - M	2008-03-19	2008-03-19	0	stillborn	Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal
Som Neuk EM - M	2004	2008-03-15	4	disease internal bleeding and intoxication	Elephant village (Tiger trails, XL camp)
Delhi EM - F	1936	2008-03-11	72	age	Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES)
stillborn EM -	2008-03-11	2008-03-11	0	stillborn	Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo)
miscarriage EM -	2008-03-07	2008-03-07	0	miscarriage	Emmen Zoo
stillborn LA -	2008-03-01	2008-03-01	0	stillborn still in uterus	Colchester Zoo
Alicia LA - F	1961	2008-02-29	47	disease intestinal colic	Barcelona Zoo (Park Zoologic de Barcelona)
Tempo (Tembo, Håkon) LA - M	1982-00-00	2008-02-27	26	euthanised brain-tumors	Aalborg Zoo (Aalborg Zoologiske Have)
Eak EM - M		2008-02-25	?	unknown	Chiang Mai Zoo
Solomon LA - M	1983	2008-02-05	25	disease colitis	Riddles Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary
noname (Audrey?) LA - F	2007-11-28	2008-02-05	1	euthanised staphylococcus skin infection, compromised immune system and suffering from malnourishment	San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Vance (Doc) EM - M	1971	2008-02-00	37	euthanised leg problems	Bowmanville Zoo
Babe (Assam) EM - F	1967	2008-01-24	41	maternal death torn uterus	Fort Worth Zoo
stillborn EM - unknown	2008-01-22	2008-01-22	0	stillborn	Fort Worth Zoo
Bessie EM - F		2008-01-00	?	unknown	Wild Adventures
Bambo LA - M	2002-07-09	2008-00-00	6	unknown	Sigean Zoo
Suwako EM - F	1943	2008	65	unknown	Kobe Oiji Zoo
Kitty EM - F	1962	2008	46	unknown	Circus Alex
Tulip LA - F		2008	?	poached speared by Masai worriors	Amboseli National Park
noname LA - F	2007	2008	1	poached speared by Masai worriors	Amboseli National Park
Isabella LA - F	1990	2008	18	poached speared by Masai worriors	Amboseli National Park
Baanyen EM - F	1969	2008	39	unknown	FAE Elephant Hospital
Izibulo LA - M		2008	?	unknown	The elephant camp (Wild Horizons)
Kangkang EM - M	1996-04-12	2008	12	unknown	Nanning Zoo
Toansai EM - M		2008	?	stillborn	FAE Elephant Hospital
Bobby EM - M	1970	2008	38	euthanised tetanus from a wound in the foot	Natal Zoo Lion Park
unknown EM -	2008	2008	0	unknown	Surin Province unspecified Elephant Camp
Tulip (wild) LA - F	1984-03-00	2008	24	unknown speared?	Amboseli National Park
Tanya III EM - F		2008	?	accident electrocuted during a storm	Circo Francisco Atayde Garcia
Kunthi EM - F	1942?	2008	66		Mathigodu elephant Camp
M262 LA - M	1968	2008	40	poached speared by Masai worriors	Amboseli National Park
Ganesh LA - M	1963	2008	45	poached speared by Masai worriors	Amboseli National Park
Unknown male class 1B LA - M		2008	?	poached speared by Masai worriors	Amboseli National Park
Eldoret LA - M		2008	?	poached speared by Masai worriors	Amboseli National Park
Calvin LA - M		2008	?	poached speared by Masai worriors	Amboseli National Park
Trevor LA - M		2008	?	poached speared by Masai worriors	Amboseli National Park
Isis LA - F		2008	?	poached speared by Masai worriors	Amboseli National Park
Twoo LA - F	2001	2008	7	poached speared by Masai worriors	Amboseli National Park

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Deaths throughout the years

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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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