Clara
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
St Louis Zoo in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Clara

Identification

SSP nr	236

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 54 years old
Status:	sick
Origin
Born:	* 1953 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2007-03-14
Death reason:	euthanised: arthritis
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	St Louis Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

1955-04-15	St Louis Zoo from Jungleland Thousand Oaks animal farm (Louis Goebel)

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Clara is a dead sick Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2007-03-14 at St Louis Zoo, in United States, . Official death reason described as arthritis.

Origin

Clara was born wild 1953.

Comments / pictures

A $30,000 gift from Anheuser-Busch funded the purchase, Clara was also known as "the dancer".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Clara, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at St Louis Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=629. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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