Deceased elephants at Bronx Zoo in United States


This database list 23 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ♀ EM Maxine SSP id: 204 45Born: wild 1973 Dead:2018-11-20 (45 years after arrival), euthanised 1973-10-01
2+ ♀ EM Maya (Sammi, Sami, Samuel R II) SSP id: 332 14Born: captive-born 1992-04-17
Vance (Matt) x Sally
Dead:2006-01--31 (13 years after arrival), disease Kidney failure		1993-07-09 Roman Schmitt Busch Garden
3+ ♀ EM Grumpy SSP id: 168 31Born: wild 1971 Dead:2002-10-03 (25 years after arrival), killed after sustaining injuries from being beaten up by Patti and Maxine1977-03-21 Lion Country Safari, Inc - Florida
4+ ♀ EM Tus (Tuss, Miss Debbie) SSP id: 169 49Born: wild 1953 Dead:2002-05-16 (26 years after arrival), unknown 1976-09-27 Catskill Game Farm
5+ ♀ EM Lilly SSP id: 400 36Born: wild 1952 Dead:1988-08-31 (2 years after arrival), unknown 1986-12-29 Prospect Park Zoo
6+ ♂ EM Astor SSP id: 207 2Born: captive-born 1981-08-20
Groucho x Patti
Dead:1983-01-26 (2 years after arrival), disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus		1981-08-20
7+ ♀ EM Laverne (Vashi 1) SSP id: 390 12Born: wild 1970 Dead:1982-05-16 (9 years after arrival), unknown 1973-10-01
8+ ♀ EM Cutie SSP id: 397 41Born: wild 1935 Dead:1976-09-21 (36 years after arrival), unknown 1940-10-08 Benson Wild Animal Farm
9+ ♀ EM Dolly SSP id: 396 41Born: wild 1935 Dead:1976-09-21 (36 years after arrival), unknown 1940-10-08 Benson Wild Animal Farm
10+ ♀ LC Doruma (Pinky) SSP id: 313 32Born: wild 1938 Dead:1970-03-01 (24 years after arrival), euthanised 1946-10-08 Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center
11+ ♀ LA Sudana SSP id: 307 35Born: wild 1927 Dead:1962-08-11 (31 years after arrival), euthanised arthtritis1931-11-09 Firma Ruhe
12+ ♂ LC Zangelima (Barney) 20Born: wild 1932 Dead:1952-11-14 (6 years after arrival), killed shot, agressive1946-10-08 Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center
13+ ♀ LA Bamangwa (Minnie) SSP id: 312 14Born: wild 1936 Dead:1950-08-01 (4 years after arrival), disease paratyphoid infection1946-10-08 Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center
14+ ♀ EM Alice SSP id: 391 50Born: wild 1893 Dead:1943-08-27 (35 years after arrival), unknown 1908-09-03 Luna Park
15+ ♀ EM Burma SSP id: 392 50Born: wild Dead:1942-08-22 (2 years after arrival), unknown 1940-08-15
16+ ♂ EM Runga SSP id: 395 13Born: wild 1927 Dead:1940-11-07 (10 years after arrival), euthanised shot, aggressive1930-06-19
17+ ♀ LC Tiny 13Born: wild 1920-04 Dead:1933-03-02 (11 years after arrival), unknown 1922-12-06 London Zoo
18+ ♂ LA Khartoum SSP id: 304 28Born: wild 1903 Dead:1931-10-23 (24 years after arrival), disease heart failure1907-06-25 Firma Carl Hagenbeck
19+ ♀ EM Nita SSP id: 398 4Born: wild 1924 Dead:1928-01-04, unknown 1927-11-04
20+ ♀ LA Sultana SSP id: 305 14Born: wild 1905 Dead:1919-12-27 (12 years after arrival), euthanised foot problems?1907-06-25 Firma Carl Hagenbeck1907?
21+ ♂ LC Congo SSP id: 302 15Born: wild 1900 Dead:1915-11-03 (10 years after arrival), euthanised shot; foot probelms1905-06-28 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)1905?
22+ ♂ EM Gunda SSP id: 399 18Born: wild 1897 Dead:1915-06-21 (11 years after arrival), euthanised shot, aggressive1904-07-02 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
23+ ♂ EM Tom Thumb SSP id: T2300 18Born: wild Dead:, killed Executed by electrocution 1887-00-00 Barnum & Bailey Circus1851-05-04

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Bronx Zoo

Reference list

Facts about Deceased elephants at Bronx Zoo in United States, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2024), available online retrieved 29 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=441 (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)
2018-11-20 Maxine:• Richard Chiger
•  https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/11720/Maxine-A-48-Year-Old-Asian-Elephant-Has-Been-Euthanized-at-the-Bronx-Zoo.aspx
2018-11-11 Tiny:• Richard Chiger
•  Ryan Easley, USA
2018-05-16 Alice:• Richard Chiger
•  Ryan Easley, USA
2012-09-30 Tom Thumb:• The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, Bandwagon
•  Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
2012-09-29 Sultana:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
• Richard Chiger
2012-01-16 Gunda:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
•  Richard Chiger
•  Chang Reynolds
•  60 years of chains still
2012-01-16 Congo:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
• Richard Chiger
2012-01-16 Runga:• Richard Chiger
2012-01-16 Sudana:• Richard Chiger
2011-12-12 Doruma (Pinky):• Richard Chiger
• Sandra Shoshani
2011-12-06 Bamangwa (Minnie):• Richard Chiger
• Sandra Shoshani
• The Management of Wild Mammals in Captivity by Lee Saunders Crandall
2011-04-26 Khartoum:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
• W. Henry Sheak, The Elephant in Captivity
• Richard Chiger
2011-04-26 Zangelima (Barney):• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
• Richard Chiger
• Sandra Shoshani
2011-03-27 Tus (Tuss, Miss Debbie):• Richard Chiger
2010-12-30 Lilly:• "Table 4: Captive Elephants 1988-1999 and Additions to 1980-1988 Records," Elephant, The Publication of the Elephant Research Foundation, Vol 2 No 4, January 2000. p 65-71
2009-12-13 Burma:• Richard Chiger
2009-04-12 Grumpy:• Ryan Easley, USA
• Tommy Realing
•  Fordham's Rams Defeat Zoo's Elephant In Bronx, 1982-08-22>
•  Elephant Extravaganza, 1984-09-24>
2007-06-20 Maya (Sammi, Sami, Samuel R II):• Richard Chiger
2007-04-18 Dolly:• Richard Chiger
2007-04-17 Nita:• Richard Chiger
2007-04-17 Cutie:• Richard Chiger


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