Landa
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Pretoria Zoo in South Africa

Biography

☨ ♀ Landa

Alternative name:	Londa

Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ maybe about 36 years old (estimated age)
Origin
Born:	* 1984? wild
Birth place:	in Kruger National Park
Death
Dead:	†2020-10-27?
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Pretoria Zoo, in South Africa

Date of arrival

1986-04-28	Pretoria Zoo from Brian Boswells Circus

	Brian Boswells Circus from Kruger National Park

Record history
History of updates	2020-10-30

Latest document update	2025-01-23 22:17:54
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† Landa is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2020-10-27? at Pretoria Zoo, in South Africa, .

Origin

Landa was born wild 1984? at Kruger National Park.

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Contradictory records:

2020-10-27: It is with a heavy Heart that we inform all our loyal followers of the death of one of beloved elephants, Landa. Landa, aged 36, was a popular resident of the National Zoological Garden since April 1986. National Zoological Garden

2015: Other sources claim she arrived in Pretoria in 1996

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Landa, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Pretoria Zoo in South Africa. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=526. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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