Torn Ear (wild)
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Amboseli National Park in Kenya

Biography

☨ ♀ Torn Ear (wild)

Identification

AERP family id	TA family

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ about 1976 years old (approximate age)
Origin
Born:	* ~1933 wild
Birth place:	in Amboseli National Park
Death
Dead:	†1976
Death reason:	killed: probably by poachers?
Offspring
Total: 2 babies

1. Born 1966	♂ Teddy (wild) Local id: 230

2. Born ~1962 (dead † 1997-01-00)	♀ Tuskless (wild)
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Amboseli National Park, in Kenya

Date of arrival

	Amboseli National Park
Record history
History of updates	2022-03-13

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Torn Ear (wild) is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1976 at Amboseli National Park, in Kenya, . Official death reason described as probably by poachers?.

Offspring

Total: 2 babies

Origin

Torn Ear (wild) was born wild ~1933 at Amboseli National Park.

Comments / pictures

Amboseli TA family group

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Torn Ear (wild), African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=7879. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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