Kate (Katie)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Riddles Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Kate (Katie)

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 22 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1970 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1992-05-23
Death reason:	euthanised: hip injury
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Riddles Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary, in United States

Date of arrival

1991-00-00	Riddles Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary from Circus Vargas

Record history
History of updates	2020-11-03

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Kate (Katie) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1992-05-23 at Riddles Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary, in United States, . Official death reason described as hip injury.

Origin

Kate (Katie) was born wild 1970.

Comments / pictures

Kate was euthanized in May 1992 due to a hip injury on Circus Vargas in the 1980s.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kate (Katie), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Riddles Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1997. (archived at the Wayback machine)

"Table 4: Captive Elephants 1988-1999 and Additions to 1980-1988 Records," Elephant, The Publication of the Elephant Research Foundation, Vol 2 No 4, January 2000. p 65-71

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