Heri
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Basel Zoo in Switzerland

1. () 2004-10-04 -- † 2004-10-04 stillborn?

Heri was born wild 1976 at Kruger National Park.

2023: Due to give birth late 2023/early 2024.

2024: On 15th of December 2023, Basel Zoo published an official statement, that the expected baby had died inside the mothers Uterus, and her condition was critical. Later they reported her condition was better, but that the baby would stay inside the Uterus as a so called stone foetus.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• African Elephant Europe Regional EEP Studbook Dec. 31, 2012
  by Harald M. Schwammer, Sabine Fruehwirth
  http://www.upali.ch (Georges Frei, Switzerland)
  
• Peter Stolk, Netherlands
  
• Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
  
• https://www.zoobasel.ch/de/aktuelles/news/1410/breaking-news-elefantenkuh-heri-ist-traechtig/
• Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Heri (Google Translated version)

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Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Basel Zoo
• More elephants from: Switzerland
• More elephants that was born: 1976
• More elephants that died: 2025-06-11
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

• Heri at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
• Link to translated version with Google Translate
• Heri is mentioned on Elephant Commentator at
  
  

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