Kubwa an African savanna elephant at Indianapolis Zoo

♀ Kubwa
Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 45 years old
Id numberSSP Number: (143)
Body weight: 3590.91 kg, 7900.00 lbs
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 1976 wild
Birth place:
Capture: 1978
Offspring
Total: 3 babies
1. Born 2000-03-06
(dead † 2003-06-03)		♀ Amali SSP id: 514
2. Born 2005-10-18♂ Kedar SSP id: 545
3. Born 2011-07-20
(dead † 2019-03-26)		♀ Kalina SSP id: 00
Locations
Present / last location:Indianapolis Zoo, in United States
Date of Arrival
(Presently sometimes errors!)
1978-03-06Indianapolis Zoo
from International Fertilizer and Chemical Company (Fred Zeehandelaar)
Document updated2009-11-19: Previous locations, Birth, SSP, Management, Text
2011-07-22: text, weight
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Kubwa is a Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), living in Indianapolis Zoo, in United States.

Kubwa arrived in Indianapolis Zoo 1978-03-06, relocated from International Fertilizer and Chemical Company (Fred Zeehandelaar), in United States.

In Indianapolis Zoo, Kubwa lives together with 4 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

  1. ♀ Ivory born 1982
    2. ,
  2. ♂ Kedar born 2005-10-18
    3. ,
  3. ♀ Tombi born 1976
    4. ,
  4. ♀ Zahara born 2006-08-31
    5. , (see detailed list).

Offspring

  1. (F) 2000-03-06 -- † 2003-06-03 Amali SSP id: 514
  2. (M) 2005-10-18 Kedar SSP id: 545
  3. (F) 2011-07-20 -- † 2019-03-26 Kalina SSP id: 00

Origin

Kubwa was born wild 1976, captured 1978 .


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For six years, Kubwa was kept as a single elephant until the arrival of Ivory to the Indianapolis Zoo in September 1984. In 1998, she made history as the first African elephant to conceive via Artificial insemination, giving birth to Amali in March 2000, the second elephant in the world born via AI. She again gave birth via AI to Kedar in October 2005, the first elephant in the world to give birth to a second calf via AI. And in july 2011, she once again become mother to an AI born female elephant, becoming the first African elephant in the world to give birth three times via artificial insemination.

"Kubwa is a slender, tall elephant and can be identified by her narrow ankles and hairy ears." In June 2009, she weighed 7,900 pounds.



Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Kubwa, an African savanna at Indianapolis Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1516. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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