Adega
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Knowsley Safari Park in United Kingdom

Biography

☨ ♀ Adega

Identification

EEP nr	6901

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 36 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1968 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2004-06-30
Death reason:	euthanised:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Knowsley Safari Park, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

1971-00-00	Knowsley Safari Park
Record history
History of updates	2021-01-11

Latest document update	2021-09-30 09:34:19

† Adega is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2004-06-30 at Knowsley Safari Park, in United Kingdom, .

Origin

Adega was born wild 1968.

Comments / pictures

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

6901 F ~ 1965 WILD WILD NAMIBIA ~ 1966 NONE Capture Adega
KNOWSLEY ~ 1971 8 Transfer
30 Jun 2004 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Adega, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Knowsley Safari Park in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1683. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

*EEP
African Elephant Studbook, Europe Regional EEP
by Amelia Terkel, Zoological center Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Israel

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