Deceased elephants at Prospect Park Zoo in United States

This database list 6 dead elephants

Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival location
1	+ ♀ EM Sue 31	Born: wild 1953 Dead:1984 (26 years after arrival), unknown	1958-06-30 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
2	+ ♀ EM Judy SSP id: T2200 50	Born: wild 1908 Dead:1958-06-00 (29 years after arrival), euthanised shot because of medical problems	1929-00-00
3	+ ♀ EM Astra SSP id: T2107 22	Born: wild 1936 Dead:1958-06-00 (8 years after arrival), euthanised shot, aggressive	1950-06-00 Trefflichs Bird and Animal Company
4	+ ♀ EM Topsy SSP id: T2303 27	Born: wild 1915 Dead:1942-07-00 (22 years after arrival), euthanised	1920-00-00 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
5	+ ♂ EM Bill SSP id: T2123 9	Born: wild 1930 Dead:1939 (7 years after arrival), euthanised shot, fell in the dry moat, fracture	1932-00-00
6	+ ♀ EM Hilda SSP id: T2185 8	Born: wild 1930 Dead:1938-09-08, euthanised shot; knocked into dry moat by Bill

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Prospect Park Zoo

Facts about Deceased elephants at Prospect Park Zoo in United States, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2024), available online retrieved 24 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=460 (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)
2012-10-31	Topsy:	• The Ringling Elephants 1888-1967, Bandwagon • Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants • Richard Chiger • Ron Ellis, prev. head elephant keeper, Prospect Park Zoo
2011-11-08	Hilda:	• Richard Chiger • Ron Ellis, prev. head elephant keeper, Prospect Park Zoo • http://www.asianelephant.net/newyorkpp/newyorkpp.htm • http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70D12FB345C1B7A93C3A9178BD95F4C8385F9
2007-04-21	Judy:	• Richard Chiger
2007-04-21	Astra:	• Richard Chiger
2007-04-18	Bill:	• Richard Chiger • Ron Ellis, prev. head elephant keeper, Prospect Park Zoo
2007-04-16	Sue:	• Richard Chiger

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