Satao
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Tsavo National Park in Kenya

Biography

☨ ♂ Satao
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Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ maybe about 50 years old (estimated age)
Origin
Born:	* 1964? wild
Birth place:	in Tsavo National Park
Death
Dead:	†2014-05-30
Death reason:	poached: shot with poisoned arrow
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Tsavo National Park, in Kenya

Date of arrival

	Tsavo National Park
Record history
History of updates	2021-02-22

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Satao is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2014-05-30 at Tsavo National Park, in Kenya, . Official death reason described as shot with poisoned arrow.

Origin

Satao was born wild 1964? at Tsavo National Park.

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On 20 June 2014, Kenya Wildlife Services reported that service rangers arrested three suspects for killing Satao. Paul Muya, a spokesperson for the Kenya Wildlife Services said that they were tracked down based on Intelligence the Service had acquired

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Satao, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Tsavo National Park in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16404. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Categories2014 deaths | 1964 births | Elephants from Tsavo National Park | Kenya | African savanna elephants

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