Deceased elephants at Givskud Zoo in Denmark


This database list 13 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ♀ EM Medu EEP id: 7310 54Born: wild 1969 Dead:2023-03-00 (50 years after arrival), unknown 1973-10-15 Hedegaard
2+ ♀ EM Sandrine EEP id: 7012 56Born: wild 1967 Dead:2023-03-00 (15 years after arrival), unknown 2008-01-30 La Barben Zoo (Parc Zoologique De La Barben)
3+ ♀ EM Jumba EEP id: 7109 49Born: wild 1971-04-00 Dead:2020-09-15 (11 years after arrival), euthanised age related problems2009-05-14 Ostrava Zoo
4+ ♀ EM Synneni EEP id: 7309 46Born: wild 1969 Dead:2015-02-02 (42 years after arrival), euthanised leg problems1973-10-15 Hedegaard
5+ ♀ EM Bons Ree EEP id: 6313 58Born: unknown 1949 Dead:2007-07-13 (37 years after arrival), anesthesia Cerebral hemorrhage during anesthesia for foot operation1970-11-11 Vejle Zoo (Himmelpind)
6+ ♀ EM Delhi EEP id: 7312 35Born: wild 1969 Dead:2004-09-16 (31 years after arrival), disease fatal enteritis caused by Clostridium difficile from Broccoli1973-10-15 Hedegaard
7+ ♀ EM Sandra Local id: 100007 EEP id: 7106 46Born: wild 1958 Dead:2004-09-16 (33 years after arrival), disease fatal enteritis caused by Clostridium difficile from Broccoli1971-04-15 Vejle Zoo (Himmelpind)
8+ ♂ EM Haakon EEP id: 8308 7Born: captive-born 1983-03-18
Chieng Mai x Buag Hah (Pang Yang)
Dead:1990-09-07 (2 years after arrival), unknown 		1988-11-16 Odense Zoo (Odense Dyrehave)
9+ ♀ EM Maibel (Majbel) EEP id: 3804 48Born: wild 1938 Dead:1986-07-29 (16 years after arrival), disease Digestive1970-06-15 Vejle Zoo (Himmelpind)1947
10+ ♂ EM Frederik EEP id: 7014 16Born: wild 1970 Dead:1986-07-21 (14 years after arrival), accident heart failure, drowned by the cows in the pool1972-05-12 Jyllands Park Zoo (Jyllands Mini-Zoo - Havnstrup Zoo)
11+ ♂ EM stillborn EEP id: 8309 < 1 16Born: captive-born 1983-03-24
Frederik x Medu
Dead:1983-03-24, stillborn 		1983-03-24
12+ ♂ EM Lampoon EEP id: 6217 11Born: wild 1961 Dead:1972-12-06 (2 years after arrival), euthanised aggressive1970-11-05 Copenhagen Zoo
13+ ♀ EM DelhiBorn: wild ~1942 Dead:1971, euthanised Epilepsy1970-06-15 Vejle Zoo (Himmelpind)1947

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Givskud Zoo

Reference list

Facts about Deceased elephants at Givskud Zoo in Denmark, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 14 January 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=36 (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this list:

Latest updateName of elephantSource (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2020-09-17 Jumba:• Gerald Postma, Netherlands
• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
• Jaroslav Vaněček
•  https://www.givskudzoo.dk/dk/nyheder/elefanten-jumba-er-blevet-aflivet/
2020-05-09 Sandra:• Givskude Zoo species registration files, through Christina Volstrup Kolbæk,
•  Jan Jakobi, Germany
2018-09-16 Medu:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
•  https://www.givskudzoo.dk/da/nyheder/trist-dag-i-givskud-zoo-farvel-til-elefanterne/
2018-09-16 Sandrine:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
•  http://www.zoolabarben.com/gb/actualites.php
•  Goos Looij, Emmen, Netherlands
•  https://www.givskudzoo.dk/da/nyheder/trist-dag-i-givskud-zoo-farvel-til-elefanterne/
2018-08-02 Delhi:• Pamela Macgregor-Morris, Chipperfield's Circus, published 1957
•  Hans Romlund, Give, Denmark.
•  Erland Wadsten, Stockholm
•  Erik Munk Sørensen, Frederik Iversens liv og virke
2018-05-09 Delhi:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
•  Erland Wadsten, Stockholm
2018-05-08 Haakon:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2018-05-08 Frederik:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2018-05-04 Lampoon:• Erland Axel Wadsten
• Jens Madsen, Copenhagen
• Documentation 2002 - Elephants in European Zoos and Safari Parks published by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
• Elefanter i Köpenhavns Zoologisk Haave siden 1878, by Henning, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016-01-03 Synneni:• 
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
2012-09-19 Maibel (Majbel):• Hans Romlund, Give, Denmark.
2009-09-12 Bons Ree:• Elefanter i Köpenhavns Zoologisk Haave siden 1878, by Henning, Copenhagen, Denmark

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