Effie (Sue)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa) in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Effie (Sue)

Identification

SSP nr	54

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 35 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1950 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1985-06-01
Death reason:	unknown:
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1968-09-29 (dead † 1968-10-04)	♀ Droopy SSP id: 55
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa), in United States

Date of arrival

1973-01-23	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa) from Busch Gardens Houston

1970-06-05	Busch Gardens Houston from Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa)

1970-03-05	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa) from Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)

1966-08-11	Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) from Oakland Zoo (Knowland Park)

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-12: text 2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Effie (Sue) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1985-06-01 at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa), in United States, .

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

(F) 1968-09-29 -- † 1968-10-04 Droopy SSP id: 55

Origin

Effie (Sue) was born wild 1950.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Effie (Sue), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=743. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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