Deceased elephants at Budapest Zoo in Hungary


This database list 20 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ♀ EM Asha EEP id: 201303 5Born: captive-born 2013-02-14
Assam x Angèle
Dead:2018-11-24 (5 years after arrival), disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus
2013-02-14
2+ ♀ EM Zitta EEP id: 8605 42Born: wild 1969 Dead:2011-04-07 (15 years after arrival), bacterial infection and toxicozis1996-10-21 Emmen Zoo
3+ ♂ EM Arun 21Born: wild 1976 Dead:1997-08-00 (18 years after arrival), anesthesia tooth infection and misguided anesthesia1979-12-29 Port of Calcutta1979
4+ ♀ EM Khali 19Born: wild 1976 Dead:1995 (16 years after arrival), disease tuberculosis1979-12-29 Port of Calcutta1979
5+ ♀ EM Sonja 32Born: wild 1949 Dead:1981-04-25 (16 years after arrival), unknown 1965-07-19 Rhenen Zoo
6+ ♂ EM Sultan II EEP id: 4901 34Born: wild 1945-00-00 Dead:1979-03-27 (30 years after arrival), disease Infection1949-01-01 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)1948?
7+ ♀ EM Csambi II EEP id: 4902 18Born: wild 1945 Dead:1963-08-23 (14 years after arrival), disease Digestive1949-01-01 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
8+ ♀ EM Csambi I EEP id: 4101 3Born: captive-born 1941-09-16
Szultan x Malah
Dead:1944-03-25 (3 years after arrival), disease Digestive, sepsis due to tooth infection
1941-09-16
9+ ♀ EM Malah EEP id: 3802 27Born: wild 1925 Dead:1952-03-28 (14 years after arrival), disease Infection1938-08-06
10+ ♂ EM killed EEP id: 3203 < 1 27Born: captive-born 1932-12-27
Szultan x Jenny
Dead:1932-12-27, killed by the mother after birth
1932-12-27
11+ ♀ EM killed EEP id: 3001 < 1 27Born: captive-born 1930-01-12
Szultan x Jenny
Dead:1930-01-12, killed by mother after birth
1930-01-12
12+ ♀ EM Jenny EEP id: 2701 25Born: wild 1911 Dead:1936-09-01 (9 years after arrival), unknown 1927-05-01
13+ ♀ EM Nelly EEP id: 1202 13Born: wild 1909 Dead:1922-10-01 (9 years after arrival), disease Infection, rheumatoid arthritis1913-00-00 Capital Circus of Budapest (Beketow)1912?
14+ ♀ EM Guba (Kuba) EEP id: 1204 23Born: unknown 1893-00-00 Dead:1916-07-01 (4 years after arrival), unknown 1912-08-01 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
15+ ♂ EM Szultan EEP id: 1201 35Born: wild 1909 Dead:1944-06-11 (32 years after arrival), disease Infection1912-03-01 1912?
16+ ♀ EM Baby EEP id: 0003 19Born: wild 1897 Dead:1916-02-01 (5 years after arrival), unknown 1911-12-01
17+ ♀ EM Kati EEP id: 0002 16Born: wild 1895-00-00 Dead:1911-05-01, unknown 1911-01-01
18+ ♂ EM Sziam EEP id: 0001 54Born: wild 1890? Dead:1944-09-14 (44 years after arrival), killed destroyed during the siege of Budapest1900-01-30 Vienna Zoo1897
19+ ♀ EM unknown EEP id: 931 54Born: wild Dead:1903-06-00 (10 years after arrival), unknown 1893-06-00
20+ ♂ LA Ali 54Born: wild Dead:1882? (7 years after arrival), pathological lung problems1875-07-00 Port of Trieste1875

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Budapest Zoo

Reference list

Facts about Deceased elephants at Budapest Zoo in Hungary, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 28 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=149 (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this list:

Latest updateName of elephantSource (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2018-11-24 Asha:• Arpad, Budapest Zoo
•  http://www.zoobudapest.com/english/news/elephant-baby-born
•  https://168ora.hu/itthon/virus-olte-meg-a-fovarosi-allatkert-fiatal-elefantjat-nem-tudtak-megmenteni-159597
2018-05-03 Ali:• https://zoobudapest.com/ezt-latnod-kell/hirek/155-ev-elefantjai-1
2018-04-09 Sonja:• Peter Stolk, Netherlands
•  https://erh.courant.nu/issue/HNB/1967-10-28/edition/0/page/2, digital version of Holtens Nieuwsblad, 28 oktober 1967
•  http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Zoo_Budapest
•  Jonas Livet, France
2012-09-02 Zitta:• EEG Magazine nr 19, July 2011, by European Elephant Group
• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
•  Edward Zuiderwijk, Netherlands
2012-06-16 Jenny:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2012-06-16 killed:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2012-06-16 killed:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2012-06-13 Nelly:• https://zoobudapest.com/ezt-latnod-kell/hirek/155-ev-elefantjai-1
2012-06-12 Sziam:• https://zoobudapest.com/ezt-latnod-kell/hirek/155-ev-elefantjai-1
2008-09-23 Khali:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
•  Ilycsin László, Zoo Budapest, Hungary
•  https://zoobudapest.com/ezt-latnod-kell/hirek/155-ev-elefantjai-1
2008-09-15 Arun:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
•  Lillian Berthung, Sweden
•  Ilycsin László, Zoo Budapest, Hungary
•  https://zoobudapest.com/ezt-latnod-kell/hirek/155-ev-elefantjai-1
2008-08-28 Csambi I:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling


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