Kivu
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Vienna Zoo in Austria

Biography

☨ ♀ Kivu

Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 24 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1968 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1992-03-04
Death reason:	anesthesia: did not wake up from narcosis
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Vienna Zoo, in Austria

Date of arrival

1991-09-24	Vienna Zoo from Halle Zoo

1970-06-14	Halle Zoo from Firma Ruhe

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-18:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Kivu is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1992-03-04 at Vienna Zoo, in Austria, . Official death reason described as did not wake up from narcosis.

Origin

Kivu was born wild 1968.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kivu, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Vienna Zoo in Austria. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3436. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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