Ruth (Root)
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Hemmingford Parc Safari in Canada

Biography

☨ ♀ Ruth (Root)

Identification

SSP nr	497

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 21 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1969 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1990-08-04
Death reason:	killed: gored by elephant
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Hemmingford Parc Safari, in Canada

Date of arrival

1972-00-00	Hemmingford Parc Safari from Chipperfield organisation (Chilworth)

Record history
History of updates	0000-00-00

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Ruth (Root) is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1990-08-04 at Hemmingford Parc Safari, in Canada, . Official death reason described as gored by elephant.

Origin

Ruth (Root) was born wild 1969.

Comments / pictures

Root died of a goring injury she received from the bull Majestica.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Ruth (Root), African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Hemmingford Parc Safari in Canada. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4385. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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