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

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Heri  dead elephant

Identification

EEP nr7602

Description
Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 49 years old
Origin
Born:* 1976 wild
Birth place: in Kruger National Park
Death
Dead: 2025-06-11
Death reason: euthanised:
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 2004-10-04
(dead 2004-10-04)
stillborn?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Basel Zoo, in Switzerland

Date of arrival

1988-08-24Basel Zoo
from Hannover Zoo

1979-06-00Hannover Zoo
from Kruger National Park

Record history
History of updates2009-03-15: EEP nr, date of arrival

2014-04-22: arr Hannover

2017-03-09: links
2017-03-09: link to Elefanten-Fotolexikon (Petra Prager) submitted
2022-12-06: pregnant
2023-08-22: Updated as pregnant
2024-12-01: Updated as not pregnant

Latest document update2025-06-11 23:43:14
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† Heri is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2025-06-11 at Basel Zoo, in Switzerland, .

Offspring

Total: 1 babies
  1. () 2004-10-04 -- † 2004-10-04 stillborn?


Origin

Heri was born wild 1976 at Kruger National Park.


Comments / pictures

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.



Records about Heri from EEPEuropean Studbook for African elephants state following records for the african elephant Heri:

7701 F ~ 1978 WILD WILD WILD ???? NONE Capture Heri
HANNOVER 5 Aug 1979 VII55 Transfer
BASEL 24 Aug 1988 880011 Transfer

Source: EEP studbook for African elephants
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Heri, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Basel Zoo in Switzerland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 10 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=92. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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