Deceased elephants at Frankfurt Zoo in Germany

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This database list 11 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ♀ EM Mädi EEP id: 4703 34Born: wild 1947 Dead:1981-01-27 (20 years after arrival), disease Endocrine1961-09-14
2+ ♀ LC Dima 26Born: wild 1953-00-00 Dead:1979-00-00 (25 years after arrival), disease foot problems1954-00-00
3+ ♂ EM Dixie EEP id: 4702 6Born: wild 1947 Dead:1953-06-01, disease Digestive1952-08-21
4+ ♀ LA Matadi 6Born: Dead:1950, disease myoglobinuria1950-00-00 Basel Zoo
5+ ♀ EM Simla EEP id: 4506 38Born: wild 1923 Dead:1961-07-07 (16 years after arrival), unknown 1945-09-20 1926
6+ ♀ EM Alzefra EEP id: 4505 35Born: wild 1923 Dead:1958-07-20 (13 years after arrival), unknown 1945-09-20 Unknown1926
7+ ♀ EM Kithany (Kitty?) EEP id: 2101 57Born: wild 1921 Dead:1978-07-10 (33 years after arrival), age 1945-09-20 Firma Ruhe1928?
8+ ♀ EM Latschini EEP id: 3515 5Born: wild 1935 Dead:1940-08-15 (2 years after arrival), unknown 1938-05-12 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)1938?
9+ ♀ EM Veneda EEP id: 0202 5Born: wild Dead:1942-10-15 (20 years after arrival), shot Musculoskeletal1922-05-16 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)1902
10+ ♂ EM Albert 5Born: wild Dead:1896 (3 years after arrival), killed shot because of aggressiveness.1893-00-00 Carl Hagenbecks Zoologischer Circus
11+ ♀ EM Bethsy 5Born: wild Dead:1893-11-00 (30 years after arrival), unknown 1863-07-00

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Frankfurt Zoo

Reference list

Facts about Deceased elephants at Frankfurt Zoo in Germany, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 18 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=267 (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)
2021-01-31 Bethsy:• http://www.schueling.com/forum/forum.php?&go=view&BeitragsID=712
•  http://www.fws-ffm.de/Frankfurter%20Wilde%20Tiere.htm
2021-01-31 Albert:• http://www.fws-ffm.de/Frankfurter%20Wilde%20Tiere.htm
•  http://igsherder-blog.de/es-gibt-keine-elefanten-im-zoo/
2013-07-21 Kithany (Kitty?):• Page 107, Documentation 2002 - Elephants in European Zoos and Safari Parks published by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2013-05-25 Alzefra:• Documentation 2002 - Elephants in European Zoos and Safari Parks published by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-10-31 Veneda:• Animals Are My Life, by Lorenz Hagenbeck
•  Page 62, Carl Hagenbeck, by Haug von Kuenheim
• 
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
• Buckles Weblog
• Page 49, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-03-07 Matadi:• Dr. Peter Dollinger, Zoo Office Bern, Switzerland.
•  Zooelefant.de (Christian Remenyi)
2010-11-21 Simla:• Documentation 2002 - Elephants in European Zoos and Safari Parks published by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger.
2010-11-21 Dixie:• Page 107, Documentation 2002 - Elephants in European Zoos and Safari Parks published by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger


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