Deceased elephants at Kiev Zoo in Ukraine

This database list 8 dead elephants

Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival location	Import
1	+ ♀ EM Dirndl 38	Born: unknown 1966? Dead:2004-08-25 (6 years after arrival), unknown	1998-08-04 Munich Zoo
2	+ ♀ EM Bama EEP id: 7409 15	Born: wild 1974 Dead:1989-03-04 (8 years after arrival), unknown	1981-10-08 Zoocentrum Moskwa (Objed)
3	+ ♂ EM Boy EEP id: 7002 41	Born: unknown 1969 Dead:2010-04-26 (38 years after arrival), unknown poisoned?	1972-12-07 Zoocentrum Moskwa (Objed)
4	+ ♀ EM Franka EEP id: 7017 8	Born: wild 1970 Dead:1978-05-22 (6 years after arrival), food related Overfeeding?	1972-10-10 Zoocentrum Moskwa (Objed)
5	+ ♂ EM Ravi 15	Born: unknown 1954 Dead:1969-06-00 (13 years after arrival), unknown	1956-07-15 Odessa Zoo	1955?
6	+ ♀ EM Shashi 7	Born: unknown 1954 Dead:1961-06-00 (5 years after arrival), unknown	1956-07-15 Odessa Zoo	1955?
7	+ ♂ EM Baby EEP id: 3302 28	Born: wild 1932 Dead:1960-06-00 (6 years after arrival), unknown	1954-09-05 Leningrad Zoo (St. Petersburg Zoo)	1933
8	+ ♀ EM Lucia EEP id: 1602 53	Born: wild 1916-06-00 Dead:1969-06-00 (24 years after arrival), unknown	1945-07-18 Zoocentrum Moskwa (Objed)

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Kiev Zoo

Facts about Deceased elephants at Kiev Zoo in Ukraine, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 1 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=231 (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)
2020-10-17	Dirndl:	• Henning Wiesner, Munich Zoo • 87-year history of elephants maintenance in Kyiv Zoo, Ukraine, by Kirill Trantin, Kiev Zoo
2020-10-17	Baby:	• Saminda Prashath, Colombo • Elephants from CR and SR (Zoo Usti nad Labem) • Jana Havlová • 87-year history of elephants maintenance in Kyiv Zoo, Ukraine, by Kirill Trantin, Kiev Zoo
2020-10-17	Franka:	• 87-year history of elephants maintenance in Kyiv Zoo, Ukraine, by Kirill Trantin, Kiev Zoo
2020-10-17	Ravi:	• 87-year history of elephants maintenance in Kyiv Zoo, Ukraine, by Kirill Trantin, Kiev Zoo
2020-10-17	Shashi:	• 87-year history of elephants maintenance in Kyiv Zoo, Ukraine, by Kirill Trantin, Kiev Zoo
2018-05-22	Boy:	• height: EEG Magazine nr 19, July 2011, by European Elephant Group through Henry Merker, Tiergarten-Forum • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling • Anna Westbury, Kiev Zoo • Dead elephant was poisoned, says Kiev zoo • Some remain skeptical about the poisoning theory.

Search more with Google for Kiev ZooThe link will automatically include Kiev Zoo and open a new browser window.

Search more on the Internet Web for Kiev ZooThe link will automatically include Kiev Zoo and open a new browser window

About this documentThis document was updated: 2022-03-08 07:30:22 with valid HTML5