Loisaba an African savanna elephant at Tsavo National Park

☨ ♀ Loisaba
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 13 years old
Id number	5 in List of elephant orphans rescued by The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Nairobi, Kenya
Status:	sick
Origin
Born:	* 1998-01-00 wild
Birth place:
Capture:	Loisaba/Laikipia district
Death
Dead date:	† 2011-06-28
Death reason:	disease: pneumonia indicating Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) or Cancer
Locations
Present / last location:	Tsavo National Park, in Kenya

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

	Tsavo National Park from David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Voi

Document updated	2018-10-24: death report
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Description

† Loisaba is a dead sick Female ♀ African savanna elephant, (Loxodonta africana), who died at Tsavo National Park, in Kenya, of disease in 2011-06-28. Official death reason described as pneumonia indicating Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) or Cancer. (see detailed list).

Origin

Loisaba was born wild 1998-01-00, captured at Loisaba/Laikipia district .

Comments / pictures

The Postmortem revealed that 80% of both lungs had been rendered dysfunctional by nodular whitish material indicating either Tuberculosis or Cancer

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Loisaba, an African savanna at Tsavo National Park in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2522. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Loisaba on Elephant Orphan Profiles, at sheldrickwildlifetrust.org, website for The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

Links

Loisaba on Elephant Orphan Profiles, at sheldrickwildlifetrust.org, website for The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

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This document was updated: 2020-10-18 06:25:24