Duchess
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in United Kingdom

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Duchess  dead elephant

Identification

EEP nr7005

Description

Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 49 years old
Origin
Born:* 1970 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 2019-07-14?
Death reason: euthanised: collapsed in her enclosure
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Paignton Zoo Environmental Park, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

1977-04-04Paignton Zoo Environmental Park
from Longleat Safari Park

Record history
History of updates2022-04-09

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Duchess is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2019-07-14? at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park, in United Kingdom, . Official death reason described as collapsed in her enclosure.

Origin

Duchess was born wild 1970.


Comments / pictures

Duchess and Gay both arrived to the Paignton Zoo from Longleat Safari in 1977. In April 2005, the zoo began separating the pair at night after Duchess injured Gay with her Tusks overnight.

In January 2010, the Paignton Zoo announced Duchess was being treated for cataracts in one eye, already blind in the other.

2011-04-04: Paignton Zoo's elephant Duchess has glaucoma

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Duchess, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1813. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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