Babe
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Syracuse Zoo (Rosamond Gifford Zoo) in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Babe

Identification

SSP nr	25

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 36 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1954 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1990-05-12
Death reason:	euthanised: infarction of uterus; renal disease following caesarean section
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1990-05-12 (dead † 1990-05-12)	♂ stillborn SSP id: 305
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Syracuse Zoo (Rosamond Gifford Zoo), in United States

Date of arrival

1985-06-06	Syracuse Zoo (Rosamond Gifford Zoo) from Miami Metro Zoo

1977-12-17	Miami Metro Zoo from Walter D. Stone Memorial Zoo

1956-09-01	Walter D. Stone Memorial Zoo from Crandon Park Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Babe is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1990-05-12 at Syracuse Zoo (Rosamond Gifford Zoo), in United States, . Official death reason described as infarction of uterus; renal disease following caesarean section.

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

Origin

Babe was born wild 1954.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Babe, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Syracuse Zoo (Rosamond Gifford Zoo) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=734. (archived at the Wayback machine)

•Table 4: Captive Elephants 1988-1999 and Additions to 1980-1988 Records," Elephant, The Publication of the Elephant Research Foundation, Vol 2 No 4, January 2000. p 65-71

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