Bwana
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa) in United States

Biography

☨ ♂ Bwana

Alternative name:	Bwana Don
Museum locations
Present / last location:	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa), in United States

Date of arrival

	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa), Tampa, United States

Identification

SSP nr	332

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 13 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1961 wild
Birth place:
Capture:	1963
Death
Dead:	†1974-09-20
Death reason:	disease: infection associated; genrealized viral
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa), in United States

Date of arrival

1964-05-09	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa) from International Animal Exchange (Ferndale)

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-12: text 2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Bwana is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1974-09-20 at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa), in United States, . Official death reason described as infection associated; genrealized viral.

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa), in Tampa, United States.

Origin

Bwana was born wild 1961, captured 1963 .

Comments / pictures

At Busch Gardens amusement park in tampa, in the Zaborra Pavilion, hangs the stuffed head of "Bwana", a bull elephant who lived at Busch Gardens for ten years. Bwana died September 20, 1974.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Bwana, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4272. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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