Deceased elephants at Planckendael Zoo in Belgium

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This database list 6 dead elephants

Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival location	Import
1	+ ♂ EM Tarzen EEP id: 201806? (EEP nr N/A) < 1	Born: captive-born 2018-04-11 Chang x Khaing Phyo Phyo Dead:2018-06-26, disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1a)	2018-04-11
2	+ ♀ EM Qiyo EEP id: 201500 3	Born: captive-born 2015-06-16 Chang x Khaing Phyo Phyo Dead:2018-05-27 (3 years after arrival), disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1a)	2015-06-16
3	+ ♂ EM Baby Q EEP id: 201500 < 1 3	Born: captive-born 2015-05-20 Chang x May Tagu Dead:2015-05-20, euthanised Jaundice (icterus), swollen liver and internal organs.	2015-05-20
4	+ ♀ EM Khaing Phyo Phyo EEP id: 8109 37	Born: unknown 1981-08-31 Dead:2018-06-04 (6 years after arrival), euthanised renal failure	2012-06-18 Antwerp Zoo	1989
5	+ ♀ EM Yu Yu Yin EEP id: 7902 44	Born: unknown 1979-02-15 Dead:2023-07-24 (11 years after arrival), unknown	2012-06-18 Antwerp Zoo	1989
6	+ ♀ EM Dumbo EEP id: 7604 48	Born: wild 1972 Dead:2020-05-19 (8 years after arrival), unknown	2012-06-18 Antwerp Zoo

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Planckendael Zoo

Facts about Deceased elephants at Planckendael Zoo in Belgium, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 14 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=956 (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)
2020-05-19	Dumbo:	• Tony Verhulst, Antwerp Zoo • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2018-12-08	Tarzen:	• https://zooelefanten.de/profile/europa/belgien/mechelen-planckendael-zoo/-11042018/ • https://zooelefanten.de/profile/europa/belgien/mechelen-planckendael-zoo/tarzen/ • https://www.rtbf.be/info/societe/detail_deces-de-tarzen-un-elephanteau-de-11-semaines-a-planckendael?id=9957460 • EEHV update from Europe 2017-2018.
2018-12-08	Qiyo:	• https://www.hln.be/wetenschap-planeet/dieren/planckendael-in-rouw-olifant-qiyo-zus-van-kai-mook-en-tarzen-sterft-onverwachts~afb85639/ • EEHV update from Europe 2017-2018.
2018-07-06	Yu Yu Yin:	• Tony Verhulst, Antwerp Zoo • G van den Brink • https://euro.dayfr.com/sports/565834.html
2018-06-05	Khaing Phyo Phyo:	• http://www.oradio.be/nieuws/nieuws_detail.php?record=4914 • Tony Verhulst, Antwerp Zoo • van den Brink • https://www.rtbf.be/info/societe/detail_zoo-de-planckendael-l-elephante-phyo-phyo-la-mere-de-kai-mook-est-morte-d-une-insuffisance-renale?id=9936422

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