Oddles (Moesha)
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Knoxville Zoo in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Oddles (Moesha)

Identification

SSP nr	46

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 19 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1965 wild
Birth place:
Capture:	1966
Death
Dead:	†1984-11-05
Death reason:	euthanised: musculoskeletal; buried
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Knoxville Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

1976-11-02	Knoxville Zoo from Lion Country Safari, Inc - Stockbridge

1972-00-00	Lion Country Safari, Inc - Stockbridge from Syracuse Zoo (Rosamond Gifford Zoo)

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-18: 2025-03-18:

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

† Oddles (Moesha) is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1984-11-05 at Knoxville Zoo, in United States, . Official death reason described as musculoskeletal; buried.

Origin

Oddles (Moesha) was born wild 1965, captured 1966 .

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Oddles (Moesha), African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Knoxville Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4471. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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