Amali
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Indianapolis Zoo in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Amali

Identification

SSP nr	514

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 3 years old
Origin
Born:	* 2000-03-06 captive-born
Birth place:	through artificial insemination in Indianapolis Zoo

Parents:	♂ Dale x ♀ Kubwa
Death
Dead:	†2003-06-03
Death reason:	disease: infection
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Indianapolis Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

2000-03-06	Indianapolis Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2009-01-30: Birth via AI 2009-10-04: Sire, Text

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Amali is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2003-06-03 at Indianapolis Zoo, in United States, . Official death reason described as infection.

Origin

Amali was conceived through artificial insemination and born captive-born 2000-03-06 at Indianapolis Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Amali are: ♂ Dale (father) and ♀ Kubwa (mother).

Siblings through the mother Kubwa:

2005-10-18(M) Kedar
2011-07-20 - † 2019-03-26 (F) Kalina

Pedigree

**Amalis ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Amali	Sire (f): Dale Born: 1978	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Kubwa Born: 1976	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

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Amali was the first African elephant in the world to be born via Artificial Inspemination, three months after the birth of the first Asian elephant, Haji, in Missouri. She was also the first elephant birth in the history of the Indianapolis Zoo. "Amali," which means "hope" in Arabic, was chosen via a Name the Baby contest, the winning entry submitted by a local librarian.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Amali, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Indianapolis Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1517. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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