Salaita
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
DSWT Ithumba in Kenya

Biography

☨ ♂ Salaita

Identification

Sheldrick orphans	237

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 2 years old
Origin
Born:	* 2008 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2010-11-14
Death reason:	disease: pneumonia indicating Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) or Cancer?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	DSWT Ithumba, in Kenya

Date of arrival

2010-09-25	DSWT Ithumba
Record history
History of updates	2021-08-22

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Salaita is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2010-11-14 at DSWT Ithumba, in Kenya, . Official death reason described as pneumonia indicating Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) or Cancer?.

Origin

Salaita was born wild 2008.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Salaita, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at DSWT Ithumba in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6259. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Links

Salaita on Elephant Orphan Profiles, at sheldrickwildlifetrust.org, website for The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

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