Petunia
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Riverbanks Zoological Park in United States

Petunia was born wild 1973, captured 1974 .

Robin and Petunia, following a short time at importation locations, spent 23 years together at the Knoxville Zoo before being sold together to Disney's Animal Kingdom in February 1998 because they were not breeding candidates. The elephants would spend another 9.5 years together before being exchanged together with the Riverbanks Zoo for a younger and breedable female, Tumpe - a 37 & 34 year old for a 24 year old captive born. Tumpe died in March 2009 of gastrointestinal issues.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Knoxville Hopes to Lead the Herd in Elephant Breeding, 1998-03-17
• Riverbanks New Elephants Must Mesh, 2007-12-19
  

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