Sara
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Rostock Zoo in Germany

☨ ♀ Sara
Taxidermy location	Rostock Zoological Institute, Rostock, Germany

Identification

EEP nr	6201

Description

Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 51 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1962-00-00 wild
Birth place:	in Africa unspecified location
Capture:	1964
Death
Dead:	†2013-11-20
Death reason:	euthanised: Cancer
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Rostock Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1964-09-08	Rostock Zoo from Firma Ruhe

Record history
History of updates	2009-04-26:Single after death of companion 2012-02-25:Â text 2013-11-20: death 2013-11-23: tumor

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

Biography

† Sara is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2013-11-20 at Rostock Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as Cancer.

Taxidermy locationThe Taxidermy remains of this animal is within the Taxidermy collection at Rostock Zoological Institute, in Rostock, Germany, since 2013-00-00.

Origin

Comments / pictures

Earlier considered to be a forest elephant.

A 50 kg tumor was found in the body.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Sara, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Rostock Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 2 December 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=497. (archived at the Wayback machine)

The African Forest Elephant and its status in captivity. Part 1: Europe, by Don Cousins, International Zoo News No. 251 (41/2) March 1994. Online list at http://www.zoochat.com/2/african-forest-elephants-completely-gone-zoos-215250/index2.html
African Elephant Studbook, Europe Regional EEP
by Amelia Terkel, Zoological center Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Israel

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