Tuffy (Kathy)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Dickerson Park Zoo in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Tuffy (Kathy)

Identification

SSP nr	278

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 28 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1964 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1992-09-07
Death reason:	maternal death: caesarean section
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1992-09-07 (dead † 1992-09-07)	♂ stillborn SSP id: 334
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Dickerson Park Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

1986-10-10	Dickerson Park Zoo from Jo-Don Farms (Don Meyer)

1989-04-06	Jo-Don Farms (Don Meyer) from Dickerson Park Zoo

1988-10-04	Dickerson Park Zoo from Jo-Don Farms (Don Meyer)

1988-04-05	Jo-Don Farms (Don Meyer) from Dickerson Park Zoo

1987-10-31	Dickerson Park Zoo from Lincoln Park Zoo

1987-10-05	Lincoln Park Zoo 1987-10-05 from Jo-Don Farms (Don Meyer)

1987-04-29	Jo-Don Farms (Don Meyer) from Dickerson Park Zoo

1986-10-08	Dickerson Park Zoo from Pink Elephants (Paul Kelly)

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

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

† Tuffy (Kathy) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1992-09-07 at Dickerson Park Zoo, in United States, . Official death reason described as caesarean section.

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

Origin

Tuffy (Kathy) was born wild 1964.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Tuffy (Kathy), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Dickerson Park Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=614. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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