Deceased elephants at Sofia Zoo in Bulgaria

This database list 11 dead elephants

Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival location
1	+ ♀ EM Artaida EEP id: 8103 61	Born: wild 1960? Dead:2021-12-29 (17 years after arrival), age	2004-11-16 Ruhr Zoo, Gelsenkirchen
2	+ ♀ EM Seeta (Zitta) EEP id: 8515 38	Born: wild 1963 Dead:2001 (16 years after arrival), unknown	1985-05-16 Berlin Circus Union
3	+ ♂ EM Pascha II EEP id: 7210 8	Born: captive-born 1972-05-18 Pascha I x Savitri Dead:1980 (8 years after arrival), unknown	1972-05-18
4	+ ♀ EM Sofia EEP id: 6503 3	Born: captive-born 1965-04-13 Sativan x Savitri Dead:1968 (3 years after arrival), unknown	1965-04-13
5	+ ♂ EM stillborn EEP id: 6211 < 1 3	Born: captive-born 1962-12-29 Sativan x Savitri Dead:1962-12-29, stillborn	1962-12-29
6	+ ♂ EM Pascha I EEP id: 5905 18	Born: wild 1954 Dead:1972 (13 years after arrival), unknown	1959-00-00
7	+ ♀ EM Savitri EEP id: 5506 52	Born: wild 1954 Dead:2006-01-30 (51 years after arrival), age	1955-09-16
8	+ ♂ EM Sativan EEP id: 5405 21	Born: wild 1950 Dead:1971 (17 years after arrival), unknown	1954-00-00
9	+ ♀ EM unknown 21	Born: wild Dead:1960 (22 years after arrival), unknown	1938-00-00
10	+ ♂ EM Nal 21	Born: wild Dead:1935?, unknown
11	+ ♀ EM Damajandie 21	Born: wild Dead:1935?, unknown

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Sofia Zoo

Facts about Deceased elephants at Sofia Zoo in Bulgaria, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 1 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=135 (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this list:
Latest update	Name of elephant	Source (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2021-01-03	Artaida:	• Stephanie Wroben, Germany • Jonas Livet, France • http://www.schueling.com/forum/forum.php?&go=view&BeitragsID=565&thema=&subthema=&subsub= through Michael Mettler. • Dornbusch, Tobias; Elefanten in den Althoff-Circussen, Elefanten-Magazin, Heft 24/2013, https://www.elefanten-schutz-europa.de/Veroeffentlichungen/Magazin/Magazin-21-25/
2018-05-22	Damajandie:	• Jonas Livet, France
2013-02-23	Savitri:	• Fibroleiomyoma in elephant uterus • Documentation 2002 - Elephants in European Zoos and Safari Parks published by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2010-11-21	Seeta (Zitta):	• Documentation 2002 - Elephants in European Zoos and Safari Parks published by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger • Jonas Livet, France
2010-11-21	Nal:	• Jonas Livet, France
2009-09-26	Sativan:	• Documentation 2002 - Elephants in European Zoos and Safari Parks published by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2009-09-26	stillborn:	• Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2009-09-26	unknown:	• Jonas Livet, France
2008-08-28	Pascha II:	• Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2008-08-28	Pascha I:	• Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2008-02-24	Sofia:	• Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling

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