List of deceased captive elephants

This is a list of elephants that have died in captivity.

This is a list that may never be finalised as it is a compilation of items or information for which the complete content may never be known and may only be updated periodically.

2023 Captive elephant deaths

Name	Species	Sex	Date of death	Location of death	Country	Cause of death	Age (Date of Birth)
Unknown	Asian		Jan	Kaebai Meechai Elephant Camp	Thailand	Died after eating bananas treated with ethylene gas
Lalitha	Asian		Jan	Muthumariamman Temple	India	While the elephant was unloaded from a vehicle, it fell down and sustained injuries.
Unnamed	Asian		Jan 15	Zurich Zoo	Germany	Undeveloped / weakness
Jewel	Asian		Jan 15	Los Angeles Zoo	USA	Euthanized due to declining health	61
Sandrine	Asian		Mar 3	Givskud Zoo	Denmark	Euthanized - "disease-related"	57
Medu	Asian		Mar 3	Givskud Zoo	Denmark	Euthanized - "because she should not be alone in the facility" [after Sandrine was euthanized - see above]
Mary	Asian	Female	May 2	San Diego Zoo	USA
Ajabu	African		May 9	Dallas Zoo	USA	Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus	7
Nicole			Apr 20	Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary	USA
Noor Jehan	African	Female	Apr 22	Karachi Zoological Garden	Pakistan
Balarama	Asian	Male	May 7	Bheemanakatte camp of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve	India
Malaika	African	Female	May 15	Cheyenne Mountain Zoo	USA	Euthanized	37
Siam	Asian	Female	Jun11	Elephant Nature Park	Thailand
Daisy	Asian	Female	Jun 14	Wildlife SOS
Radza Junior	Asian	Male	Jun 20	Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen	Netherlands	Died during anesthesia
Fitz			Jul 1	Louisville Zoo	USA	Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus	3
Baby			Jul 13	Baby et Népal Association
Willy			Jul 19	Cleveland Metroparks Zoo	USA	Euthanised	44
Sayun	Asian		Aug 6	Pairi Daiza Zoo	Belgium	Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus	3
Lou			Aug 15	Myakka Elephant Ranch	USA
Man Jai		Male	Aug 24	Melbourne Zoo	Australia	Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus	9
Rani		Female		St Louis Zoo			27 (Jul 5, 1996)

See also

• List of captive elephants
• Captive animal deaths by year
• Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus
• The effects of captivity on elephants
• Elephant tourism
• Lists of captive animals
• Elephant Portal
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