Suffa Culli
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
London Zoo in United Kingdom

Biography

☨ ♀ Suffa Culli

Identification

EEP nr	962

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 23 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1894 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1917-12-02
Death reason:	euthanised: poisoned and shot
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	London Zoo, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

1876-05-17	London Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2022-08-24

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Suffa Culli is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1917-12-02 at London Zoo, in United Kingdom, . Official death reason described as poisoned and shot.

Origin

Suffa Culli was born wild 1894.

Comments / pictures

Records about Suffa Culli from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Suffa Culli:

962 F ~ 1871 UNK UNK INDIA ~ 1871 NONE Birth SUFFACULLI
PUBLIC ~ Jan 1876 NONE Transfer
LONDON RP 17 May 1876 937 Loan to
24 Jul 1876 937 Ownership
2 Dec 1917 Death
[Death by: Euthanasia (medical) ı Unknown ı Unknown (after necropsy)]

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

John C. Edwards claims she came with three other elephants from India in 1876.

At the end of 1917 she lay down and was unable to rise again, and it was decided to destroy her. An attempt to poison her with hydrocyanic acid failed, and she was shot.

Suffa Culli in London Zoo

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Suffa Culli, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at London Zoo in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1544. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

London Zoo from old photographs, by John C. Edwards 1996, pp. 84,97, 116

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