Tessa
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Toronto Zoo in Canada

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Tessa  dead elephant

Identification

SSP nr345

Description
Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 40 years old
Origin
Born:* 1969 wild
Birth place: in Africa unspecified location
Capture: 1971
Death
Dead: 2009-06-13
Death reason: killed: injury caused from exhibit mate
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1984-09-13
(dead 1984-09-15)
T.W. SSP id: 411
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Toronto Zoo, in Canada

Date of arrival

1974-07-30Toronto Zoo
from International Fertilizer and Chemical Company (Fred Zeehandelaar)

1974-00-00International Fertilizer and Chemical Company (Fred Zeehandelaar)
from Wingst Baby Zoo

Wingst Baby Zoo
from Firma Ruhe

Record history
History of updates2025-03-15: sources

Latest document update2025-03-15 08:38:27
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† Tessa is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2009-06-13 at Toronto Zoo, in Canada, . Official death reason described as injury caused from exhibit mate.

Offspring

Total: 1 babies
  1. (F) 1984-09-13 -- † 1984-09-15 T.W. SSP id: 411


Origin

Tessa was born wild 1969 at Africa unspecified location, captured 1971 .


Comments / pictures

“An African elephant living at the Toronto Zoo died Saturday after another elephant knocked her over as the Herd scrambled for its hay at feeding time. Tessa, the 40-year-old elephant who lived at the zoo since its opening in 1974, lived with four other elephants in the five-acre enclosure."

"Tessa, 40, died 2009. She fell against an electric fence after being hit by another elephant during a struggle over hay. The Necropsy report indicates she died from a combination of the attempts to get her on her Feet and chronic wasting syndrome."

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Tessa, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Toronto Zoo in Canada. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2098. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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