Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa) in United States


Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa)
Typezoo
Owner
Address 10165 McKinley Dr
Zip-code 33674
Place Tampa
StateFlorida
Country United States
Website Website
Directors
Key People
Veterinarians
Elephant department
Elephant managementProtected Contact, since
Head keepers
of elephants
Elephant keepers -1989: Joe Allen (elephant keeper)
Record history
History of updates2025-03-12: text 2025-03-17:
Latest document update2025-03-17 18:59:49
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Description

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa), located at 10165 McKinley Dr, in Tampa, Florida, United States

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa) elephants are managed in Protected Contact, since

.

Living elephants

At the Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa) lives 4 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)
  1. ♀ Carina born 1972
  2. ♀ Karnaudi born 1990-04-13
  3. ♀ Simba born 1968
  4. ♀ Tina born 1969

Taxidermy specimens

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa) has in its collection 1 elephantine museum specimens with records in this database:

(Measurements of teeth and body parts follow the system described by Maglio (1973; P = plate number, L = length, W = width, H = height, LF = lamellar frequency)

Bwana Accession nr: . Received: ♂ Bwana
Species: African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
* Born 1961 at Unknown † Dead 1974-09-20 at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa)
Death: disease Death reason: infection associated; genrealized viral
Body, bone or dental material: ,

Casualties

1 casualties
  1. 1989-02: elephant keeper Joe Allen fatal attack by Casey. † Joe Allen Died 1989-02, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa).

Comments / pictures1989: Casey killed trainer Joe Allen at Busch Gardens in February.

References for records about Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa)

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=179. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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