Taabu
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
DSWT Nairobi nursery in Kenya

Biography
♂ Taabu


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Identification
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Description
Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 5 years old
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 2020-09-00 wild
Birth place: in Tsavo National Park
Capture: 2021-09-29
Locations - owners
Present / last location:DSWT Nairobi nursery, in Kenya
Date of arrival
2021-09-29DSWT Nairobi nursery
from Tsavo National Park
Record history
History of updates2022-04-17
Latest document update2022-03-31 04:30:51
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Biography

Taabu is a living Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) , located at the DSWT Nairobi nursery, in Kenya.

Taabu arrived in 2021-09-29 to the DSWT Nairobi nursery, relocated from the Tsavo National Park, in Kenya.


Social

Taabu lives together with 17 other elephants at the DSWT Nairobi nursery: (detailed list)

  1. 1. ♂ Choka born 2020-11-00
  2. 2. ♀ Doldol born 2021-11-00
  3. 3. ♀ Kerrio born 2021-01-00
  4. 4. ♀ Kiasa
  5. 5. ♂ Kiko
  6. 6. ♂ Kiombo born 2017-03-00
  7. 7. ♂ Maktao born 2017
  8. 8. ♂ Mukkoka born 2017-09-00
  9. 9. ♂ Naboishu born 2018-10-00
  10. 10. ♀ Nabulu
  11. 11. ♀ Naleku born 2019-07-00
  12. 12. ♀ Narok
  13. 13. ♀ Neshashi born 2019?
  14. 14. ♀ Olorien born 2019-04-00
  15. 15. ♂ Rama born 2018?
  16. 16. ♂ Roho born 2019-01-00
  17. 17. ♀ Sagateisa born 2021?


Origin

Taabu was born wild 2020-09-00 at Tsavo National Park, captured 2021-09-29 .


Comments / pictures


On the morning of 29th September 2021, our Field Operations Manager received a call from Salt Lick Lodge, in the Taita Hills Sanctuary. For the past 24 hours, they had been monitoring a baby elephant who had been abandoned in front of the lodge.

After capturing the calf, the team drove him down to the airstrip by Taita Hills Lodge, where a plane would collect him and fly him up to Nairobi.

We named him Taabu, which means “trouble” in Swahili. This is not a nod to his character — Taabu is an extremely cheerful and easy-going elephant — but rather to the troubled times in which he was orphaned. He is one of the lucky ones, spared from the fate that befalls so many calves during a challenging dry season.

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Taabu, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at DSWT Nairobi nursery in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 24 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10448. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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