Deceased elephants at Knies Kinderzoo in Switzerland

This database list 5 dead elephants

Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival location
1	+ ♀ EM Delhi EEP id: 6805 53	Born: captive-born 1968-03-19 Moti (Mohti) x Sabu Dead:2021-01-15? (5 years after arrival), age	2016-00-00 Circus Knie
2	+ ♀ EM Siri EEP id: 6316 52	Born: wild 1963-06-00 Dead:2015-06-24, euthanised because of cancer	2015-00-00 Circus Knie
3	+ ♀ EM Claudy (Claudia) EEP id: 6603 53	Born: wild 1963-06-00 Dead:2016-11-16 (4 years after arrival), euthanised	2012-11-00 Pairi Daiza (Parc Paradisio)
4	+ ♀ EM Patma 54	Born: wild 1961 Dead:2015-07-09 (9 years after arrival), euthanised because of kidney failure	2006-00-00 Circus Knie
5	+ ♀ EM Sumatra EEP id: 6402 52	Born: wild 1963 Dead:2015-06-00, disease Tuberculosis, kidney failure	Circus Knie

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Knies Kinderzoo

Facts about Deceased elephants at Knies Kinderzoo in Switzerland, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 2 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2613 (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this list:
Latest update	Name of elephant	Source (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2021-01-29	Delhi:	• Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling • https://zueriost.ch/news/2021-01-29/aeltester-knie-elefant-im-kinderzoo-gestorben
2018-12-11	Siri:	• Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2017-01-19	Claudy (Claudia):	• EEG Magazine nr 18, Jan 2010, by European Elephant Group • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling • Kurt Balmer
2016-01-11	Sumatra:	• Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling • http://www.tierwelt.ch/?rub=4496&id=41079
2016-01-03	Patma:	• Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling

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