Samba
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Circus Giovanni Althoff in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Samba

Identification


Description

Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 27 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1976/1977 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2003-08-07
Death reason:	disease: Hart problem, pneuomonia
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Circus Giovanni Althoff, in Germany

Date of arrival

1978-00-00	Circus Giovanni Althoff
Record history
History of updates	2023-12-15

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Samba is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2003-08-07 at Circus Giovanni Althoff, in Germany, . Official death reason described as Hart problem, pneuomonia.

Origin

Samba was born wild 1976/1977.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Samba, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Circus Giovanni Althoff in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 5 February 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=200. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
Dornbusch, Tobias; Elefanten in den Althoff-Circussen, Elefanten-Magazin, Heft 24/2013, https://www.elefanten-schutz-europa.de/Veroeffentlichungen/Magazin/Magazin-21-25/

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