Samba
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Safari Park Richter in Hungary

Samba lives together with 4 other elephants at the Safari Park Richter: (detailed list)

1. ♀ Bridget born 1971
2. ♀ Nellie born 1971
3. ♀ Suleika (Leika, Laika)
4. ♀ Szandra (Sandra) born 1975

Samba was born wild 1988 at Africa unspecified location.

2013-09-08: Killed an 84-year-old man playing petanque in the village square in the Paris commuter village of Lizy-sur-Ourcq.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2416072/French-petanque-player-84-killed-tonne-elephant-run-away-circus.html
  
• Survey 2008 - Elephants in European circuses published by European Elephant Group: Tobias Dornbusch, Jürgen Schilfarth
  
• https://sokszinuvidek.24.hu/mozaik/2025/10/01/nagykoros-szamba/

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• elephant mankillers, elephants that has killed humans. List of elephant mankillers
• More elephants from: Safari Park Richter
• More elephants from: Hungary
• More elephants that was born: 1988
• All breeding cows
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• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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