Fiela
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Knysna Elephant Park in South Africa

Biography

☨ ♀ Fiela

Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* 2013-03-05 captive-born
Birth place:	in Knysna Elephant Park
Birth weight	82.00 kgs, 180.40 lbs

Parents:	♂ x ♀ Thandi
Death
Dead:	†2013-06-03
Death reason:	:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Knysna Elephant Park, in South Africa

Date of arrival

2013-03-05	Knysna Elephant Park
Record history
History of updates	2020-10-01

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Fiela is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2013-06-03 at Knysna Elephant Park, in South Africa, .

Origin

Fiela was born captive-born 2013-03-05 at Knysna Elephant Park.

Parentage

Parents of Fiela are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Thandi (mother).

Pedigree

**Fielas ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Fiela	Sire (f): Born:	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Thandi Born: 2003-10-16	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Nandi Born: 1993	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Nandi Born: 1993	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

What makes this birth extra special is that the baby heralds the start of a third generation at the Park.

2013-06-03: She passed away peacefully this morning after taking a drastic and sudden turn on Thursday evening. She put up a mighty fight and we fought along with her day and night for the entire weekend until this morning when she and we decided the time had come to say goodbye. She passed away peacefully just after 12:00pm this afternoon<

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Fiela, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Knysna Elephant Park in South Africa. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=13184. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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