List of deceased captive elephants

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

2023 Captive elephant deaths

Name	Species	Sex	Date of death	Location of death	Country	Cause of death	Age
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	^[1]
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 elephant	Male	Jun 20	Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen	Netherlands	Died during anesthesia		^[2]
Fitz	Elephant		Jul 1	Louisville Zoo	USA	Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus	3	^[3]