Bette
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Amboseli National Park in Kenya

Biography

☨ ♀ Bette

Identification

AERP family id	BB family

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ maybe about 42 years old (estimated age)
Origin
Born:	* 1947? wild
Birth place:	in Amboseli National Park
Death
Dead:	†1989-03-00
Death location:	Amboseli National Park
Death reason:	unknown:
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1970? (dead † 2022-08-16)	♀ Bente
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Amboseli National Park, in Kenya

Date of arrival

	Amboseli National Park
Record history
History of updates	2022-03-13

Latest document update	2022-08-22 13:19:48
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† Bette is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1989-03-00 at Amboseli National Park, in Kenya, .

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

(F) 1970? -- † 2022-08-16 Bente

Origin

Bette was born wild 1947? at Amboseli National Park.

Comments / pictures

Bette died in March 1989. She disappeared but her calves remained with the family, which is the tell-tale sign that a female has died. We have no idea how she died. Her youngest calf, born in May 1987, managed to survive for seven months after she died, but he was just too young to make it without milk and he died at the height of the dry season. Bette’s daughter, Bente, at 19 years old took over as head of the little sub-group

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Bette, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10509. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Cynthia Moss, BB Family on Family histories, at elephanttrust.org, website for The Amboseli Elephant Research Project Trust

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