List of captive elephants

This list includes elephants in captivity at zoos, circuses and some private ownership where known (there will be many more in India and Thailand which will not be possible to verify). It does not include sanctuary elephants.

Number of captive elephants by country


Country	No. of captive elephants
Australia	28
Canada	1
India	1
Mexico
Spain	1
Switzerland
United Kingdom	53
USA	242 (WiP)

List of elephants in captivity

Name	Sex	Species	Captive at	Country	Origin	Birth date	Location of Birth / Capture
Achara	Female		Oklahoma City Zoo	USA	Captive born	Dec 22, 2014
Aiyara	Female		Melbourne Zoo	Australia
Ajabu	Male		Dallas Zoo	USA	Captive born	May 14, 2016	Dallas Zoo
Albert	Male		Albuquerque Biological Park	USA
Ali			Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens	USA
Alice	Female		Albuquerque Biological Park	USA
Alta	Female		Endangered Ark Foundation (circus)	USA	Wild born	1964
Amahle	Female	African savanna	Fresno Chaffee Zoo	USA	Wild born	2010	Hlane National Park, Eswatin
Angel			Fort Worth Zoo	USA
Anjalee	Female		Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo	Australia	Captive born	23 Aug 2006
Anjan Hi Way			Chester Zoo	UK
Anna			Maryland Zoo	USA
Anne			Longleat Safari Park	UK
Annette Marie	Female		Elephant Walk	USA	Wild born	1960
Asali	Female		Memphis Zoo	USA		Aug 19, 1985
Asha	Female	African savanna	Natural Bridge Zoo	USA	Wild born	1983	Zimbabwe
Asha	Female		Oklahoma City Zoo	USA	Captive born	Feb 2, 1995
Ashoka	Male		Sydney Zoo	Australia	Captive born	Aug 8, 2014
Aung Bo	Male		Chester Zoo	UK	Captive born	Dec 17, 2016	Chester Zoo, UK
Babe Sh-Bang			Little Rock Zoological Gardens	USA
Bambi	Female		Memphis Zoo	USA		1975
Batir	Female		North Carolina Zoo	USA		Jan 21, 2002
Baylor			Houston Zoo	USA
Belle		African	Milwaukee Zoo	USA
Belle	Female	Asian	Fort Worth Zoo	USA
Bette	Female		Pittsburgh Zoo	USA
Bette	Female		International Conservation Center in Fairhope	USA	Wild born	1982
Betty			George Carden Circus	USA
Billy	Male	Asian	Los Angeles Zoo	USA	Wild born	1985	Malaysia
Bluebonnet			Fort Worth Zoo	USA
Booper			Tulsa Zoo	USA		1972
Bowie	Male		Oklahoma City Zoo	USA	Captive born	Aug 8, 2013
Brazos			Fort Worth Zoo	USA
Brittany		African	Milwaukee Zoo	USA
Bubbles		African	Myrtle Beach Safari	USA	Wild born?
Bulwagi			Birmingham Zoo	USA
Bunka	Male	Asian	Yerevan Zoo	Armenia	Captive born	Dec 30, 2007	Tbilisi Zoo, Georgia
Butch	Male		Winston Wildlife Safari	USA		1981
Callee			Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium	USA
Cameron Lee	Male		Endangered Ark Foundation (circus)	USA	Captive born	Aug 2, 2020
Carina			Busch Gardens	USA
Carol	Female	Asian	Myakka Elephant Ranch	USA	Wild born
Carole	Female		Parc Safari	Canada
Casey			Fort Worth Zoo	USA
Ceyla-Himali	Female	Asian	Zurich Zoo	Switzerland
Chai		Asian	Woodland Park Zoo	USA
Chanda	Female	Asian	Dhenkanal Kapilash Zoo	India	Wild born		India
Chandra	Female		Oklahoma City Zoo	USA	Captive born	Jul 2, 1996	Dickerson Park Zoo, USA
Chandrika	Female		Woburn Safari Park	UK		Jan 17, 1992
Christi			Hogle Zoo	USA
Cristina	Female		Australia Zoo	Australia	Wild born		Sumatra
Cindy			George Carden Circus	USA
Coco			Howletts Wild Animal Park	UK
Colonel Tusk			Fort Worth Zoo	USA
Congo	Female		Dallas Zoo	USA		1978
Connie			Columbus Zoo and Aquarium	USA
Cora			Topeka Zoo	USA		1959
CSar	Male		North Carolina Zoo	USA		1974
Cynthia	Female	Asian	Madrid Zoo (Casa de Campo)	Spain	Captive born	Jan 12, 1995	Taman Safari (Bogor Zoo), Indonesia
Daisy	Female		Memphis Zoo	USA		1975
Del Rita	Female		Endangered Ark Foundation (circus)	USA	Wild born	1970
Damini	Female		Woburn Safari Park	UK
Dokkoon	Female		Melbourne Zoo	Australia
Donna	Female		St Louis Zoo	USA		1971
Donna			Disneys Animal Kingdom	USA
Donna ^{(moving to TES)}	Female		Oakland Zoo	USA		1980
Dory Marie	Female		Endangered Ark Foundation (circus)	USA	Captive born	28 July, 2015
Dumbo			Irem Shrine Circus	USA
Duncan			Houston Zoo	USA
Dunja			Belfast Zoo	UK
Dutchess			George Carden Circus	USA
Edie			Knoxville Zoo	USA
Elizabeth	Female		Whipsnade Zoo	UK
Ellie			Lowry Park Zoo	USA
Ellie	Female		St Louis Zoo	USA		1971
Ely	Female	African savanna	San Juan de Aragón Zoo	Mexico
Emanti	Male		Caldwell Zoo	USA	Captive born	May 13, 2010
Emily			Buttonwood Park Zoo	USA
Emmett	Male	Asian	Blackpool Zoo	UK	Captive born	Oct 10, 1991	Syracuse Zoo, USA
Esha	Female	Asian	Blackpool Zoo	UK	Captive born	Mar 4, 2014	Twycross Zoo, UK
Etana			Howletts Wild Animal Park	UK
Eugenia	Female	African	Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium	USA	Captive born	Jan 2022	Henry Doorly Zoo, USA
Fahra	Female	Asian	Zurich Zoo	Switzerland
Fitz			Louisville Zoo	USA
Five	Female	African savanna	West Midland Safari Park	UK	Wild born	1991	Kruger National Park, South Africa
Frankie			Columbus Zoo and Aquarium	USA
Gadze			Birmingham Zoo	USA
Geetha			Whipsnade Zoo	UK
Gina	Female		Overton Park Zoo	USA
Gina	Female		Memphis Zoo	USA		1983
Gung	Male		Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo	Australia
Gypsy	Female		Dallas Zoo	USA
Happy			Bronx Zoo	USA
Hank			Columbus Zoo and Aquarium	USA
Hope	Male	Asian	Madrid Zoo (Casa de Campo)	Spain	Captive born	Aug 3, 2020	Madrid Zoo (Casa de Campo), Spain
Hugo	Male		Dickerson Park Zoo	USA	Captive born	Apr 25, 2011
Impi			Howletts Wild Animal Park	UK
Indali Hi Way	Female		Chester Zoo	UK
Indy	Male		Dickerson Park Zoo	USA	Wild born	1971
Ivory	Female		Indianapolis zoo	USA	Wild born	1982
Irene			Albuquerque Biological Park	USA
Jabali			Disneys Animal Kingdom	USA
Jack	Male		International Conservation Center in Fairhope	USA	Wild born	1976
Jambo	Female		Cheyenne Mountain Zoo	USA		1983
Jana			Knoxville Zoo	USA
Janice	Female		Carden International Circus	USA		1963
Jean			Audubon Zoo	USA
Jothi			Audubon Zoo	USA
Joy			Houston Zoo	USA
Judy	Female		Bones Craig (private)	USA		1968
Kanlaya	Female		Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo	Australia		14 Jun, 2018
Kulab	Female		Melbourne Zoo	Australia
Okha	Female		Franzen Bros. Circus	USA		1970
Oku			Howletts Wild Animal Park	UK
Opal			Colchester Zoo	UK
Osh	Male		Oakland Zoo	USA		May 24, 1994
Jade	Female		St Louis Zoo	USA		Feb 25, 2007
Jati-Hit			Cincinnati Zoo	USA
Jenny	Female		Gary Landry (private)	USA
Judy			George Carden Circus	USA
Kai	Female		Oklahoma City Zoo	USA	Captive born	Dec 22, 2014
Kamala			Skanda Vale Temple	UK
Kamba	Female		Dallas Zoo	USA		1980
Kandula	Male		Oklahoma City Zoo	USA	Captive born	Nov 25, 2001
Karishma			Whipsnade Zoo	UK
Karnaudi			Busch Gardens	USA
Kavi	Male		Sydney Zoo	Australia	Captive born	July 17, 2014
Kedar	Female		Indianapolis zoo	USA	Captive born	Oct 18, 2005
Kianga			Disneys Animal Kingdom	USA
Kosti	Female		Memphis Zoo	USA		1982
Kubwa	Female		Indianapolis zoo	USA	Wild born	1976
Jama			Howletts Wild Animal Park	UK
Janu			Noahs Ark Zoo Farm	UK
Jara			Howletts Wild Animal Park	UK
Jenny	Female		Dallas Zoo	USA		1976
Joyce	Female		Six Flags Great Adventure & Safari	USA
Juluka			Howletts Wild Animal Park	UK
Junot	Male		Hemmingford Parc Safari	Canada
Kallie	Female		Cleveland Metroparks Zoo	USA
Kartik		Asian	Dhenkanal Kapilash Zoo	India	Wild born		India
Kate	Female	Asian	Blackpool Zoo	UK	Wild born?	1969	India
Katy	Female	Asian	Melbourne Zoo	Australia	Captive born	Jan 23, 2023	Melbourne Zoo, Australia
Kaylee			Whipsnade Zoo	UK
Kelly			Atlanta Zoo	USA
Kimba	Female		Cheyenne Mountain Zoo	USA		1977
Kimba Lou	Female		Cheyenne Mountain Zoo	USA		1982
Lady			Kansas City Zoo	USA
Lakshmi			Skanda Vale Temple	UK
Laura	Female			USA
Lea			Kansas City Zoo	USA
Lil Felix			Maryland Zoo	USA
Lilly	Female		Endangered Ark Foundation (circus)	USA	Wild born	1967
Litsemba	Female		Reid Park Zoo	USA		1990
Liz	Female		George Carden Circus	USA	Wild born
Lois			Kansas City Zoo	USA
Lolly	Female		Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium	USA
Lou	Female		Myakka Elephant Ranch	USA
Louie	Male		North Carolina Zoo	USA		Apr 30, 2003
Lucha			Whipsnade Zoo	UK
Luk Chai	Male		Melbourne Zoo	Australia
Lucky	Female		Cheyenne Mountain Zoo	USA		1980
Luna			Disneys Animal Kingdom	USA
Lungile	Female		Reid Park Zoo	USA		1991
Lutsandvo			Birmingham Zoo	USA
Lucy	Female	Asian	Edmonton Valley Zoo	Canada	Wild born	1977	Malaysia
Mabu			Fresno Chaffee Zoological Gardens	USA
Mac	Male		Caldwell Zoo	USA	Captive born	Dec 04, 2010
Maclean			Disneys Animal Kingdom	USA
Mai-Thai			Cincinnati Zoo	USA
Mali	Female	Asian	Rosamond Gifford Zoo	USA
Mali	Female		Melbourne Zoo	Australia
Mali	Female	Asian	Manila Zoo	Philippines	Wild born	1974	Vishwamali, Sri Lanka
Malaika	Female		Cheyenne Mountain Zoo	USA		1986
Maliha	Female		St Louis Zoo	USA		Aug 2, 2006
Man Jai	Male		Melbourne Zoo	Australia
Mari	Female		Honolulu Zoo	USA		1975
Mapenzi	Male		Reid Park Zoo	USA		Apr 6, 2020
Maya	Female		Chester Zoo	UK
Mchumba			Howletts Wild Animal Park	UK
Manzi			Howletts Wild Animal Park	UK
Margaret	Female		Endangered Ark Foundation (circus)	USA		1969
Martika (Tika, Kiah)	Female		Cleveland Metroparks Zoo	USA
Matjeka			Lowry Park Zoo	USA
Mavi			Lowry Park Zoo	USA
Maybel	Female		Zoo Miami	USA		1976
Mbali			Lowry Park Zoo	USA
Mega	Female		Australia Zoo	Australia	Captive born	Jul 19, 1999	Taman Safari Indonesia
Megan			Kansas City Zoo	USA
Mek Kapah	Female		Melbourne Zoo	Australia
Methai (Me Thai)			Houston Zoo	USA
Mikki			Louisville Zoo	USA
Mlilo	Female		Dallas Zoo	USA			Hlane National Park
Minbu	Female	Asian	Blackpool Zoo	UK	Wild born?	1985	Burma
Ming Jung			Whipsnade Zoo	UK
Mirembe			Howletts Wild Animal Park	UK
Missy	Female		Cheyenne Mountain Zoo	USA		1969
Miyako	Female	Asian	Utsunomiya Zoo	Japan	Wild born	1973	Asia
Moja	Female		Winston Wildlife Safari	USA
Moki (Mokala)		African	Seneca Park Zo	USA		May 24, 1982
Mondula			Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park	UK
Moola	Female		Dickerson Park Zoo	USA	Captive born	Aug 8, 1981
Moose (Vusmusi)			Fresno Chaffee Zoological Gardens	USA
Moshi			Cleveland Metroparks Zoo	USA
Mpumelelo			Lowry Park Zoo	USA
Msholo			Atlanta Zoo	USA
Mundi	Female		Mayaguez Zoo	Puerto Rico
Nang Phaya			Whipsnade Zoo	UK
Nandi	Female		Reid Park Zoo	USA		Aug 8, 2014
Nelly	Female		Zoo Miami	USA		1969
Nelson			Houston Zoo	USA
Nguvu			Howletts Wild Animal Park	UK
Nhi Linh			Smithsonian’s National Zoo	USA
Nidirah			Disneys Animal Kingdom	USA
Nolwazi			Fresno Chaffee Zoological Gardens	USA
Noor Jahan	Female	Asian	Blackpool Zoo	UK	Captive born?	Nov 2, 1995	Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, India
Noor Jehan			Karachi Zoological Garden	Pakistan
Num-Oi	Female		Melbourne Zoo	Australia
Nusu			Howletts Wild Animal Park	UK
Nova	Female	Asian	Madrid Zoo (Casa de Campo)	Spain	Captive born	Nov 26, 1993	Taman Safari (Bogor Zoo), Indonesia
Obert	Male		Endangered Ark Foundation (circus)	USA	Captive born	Aug 20, 2003
Okubili			Dallas Zoo	USA	Captive born		Dallas Zoo, USA
Ongard	Male		Zoo Miami	USA		Sep 10, 2010
Pak Boon	Female		Sydney Zoo	Australa
Padma	Female	Asian	Dhenkanal Kapilash Zoo	India	Wild born		India
Pathi Harn	Male		Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo	Australia	Captive born	10 Mar, 2010
Patience	Female		Dickerson Park Zoo	USA	Wild born	1976
Patty			Bronx Zoo	USA
Patty	Female	Asian	Myakka Elephant Ranch	USA	Wild born
Pearl	Female		St Louis Zoo	USA		1971
Peggy	Female		Zoo Miami	USA		1976
Permai	Female		Perth Zoo	Australia
Phoebe			Columbus Zoo and Aquarium	USA
Pilar	Female	Asian	Madrid Zoo (Casa de Campo)	Spain	Captive born	Oct 12, 2016	Madrid Zoo (Casa de Campo), Spain
Priya	Female		St Louis Zoo	USA		Apr 26, 2013
Porntip	Female		Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo	Australia
Punch			Louisville Zoo	USA
Putra Mas	Male		Perth Zoo	Australia
Raflesia	Female		Australia Zoo	Australia	Captive born	Nov 2014	Taman Safari Indonesia
Raja	Male		St Louis Zoo	USA		Dec 27, 1992
Rakesh	Male	Asian	Dhenkanal Kapilash Zoo	India	Wild born		India
Rafiki	Female		North Carolina Zoo	USA		1981
Raja	Male		Woburn Safari Park	UK
Rama	Male		Oklahoma City Zoo	USA	Captive born	Jan 20, 2022
Rani	Female		St Louis Zoo	USA		Jul 5, 1996
Rasha			Fort Worth Zoo	USA
Renee	Female		Toledo Zoo	USA		1979
Rex	Male		Oklahoma City Zoo	USA	Wild born	1968
Riva Hi Way	Male		Chester Zoo	UK
Roi-Yim	Male		Melbourne Zoo	Australia
Romeo			Fort Worth Zoo	USA
Rosie			Busch Gardens	USA
Rosie	Female		Endangered Ark Foundation (circus)	USA	Wild born	1969
Rozana			Albuquerque Biological Park	USA
Rudy			Columbus Zoo and Aquarium	USA
Ruth			Milwaukee Zoo	USA
Ruth			Buttonwood Park Zoo	USA
Sabai	Male		Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo	Australia	Captive born	2 Nov, 2016
Sabu			Columbus Zoo and Aquarium	USA
Samantha	Female		North Carolina Zoo	USA		1988
Samson			Maryland Zoo	USA
Sandro	Male	Asian	Sorocaba Zoo	Brazil		1971
Savannah (Nan)	Female		Pittsburgh Zoo	USA
Savannah			El Paso Zoo	USA
Schottzie			Cincinnati Zoo	USA
Sdudla			Lowry Park Zoo	USA
Shaka			Noahs Ark Zoo Farm	UK
Shankar	Male	African savanna	Delhi Zoo	India	Wild born	1996	Africa
Shanti			Houston Zoo	USA
Shaunzi			Los Angeles Zoo	USA
Sheena			Jacksonville Zoo	USA
Shenga	Female		Cleveland Metroparks Zoo	USA
Simba			Busch Gardens	USA
Sneezy			Tulsa Zoo	USA		1973
Spike			Smithsonian’s National Zoo	USA
Sri	Female		St Louis Zoo	USA		1980
Sookie			Tulsa Zoo	USA		1972
Sophie			Little Rock Zoological Gardens	USA
Sonny	Male	African	Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium	USA	Captive born	Jan 2022	Henry Doorly Zoo, USA
Sukiri	Female		International Conservation Center in Fairhope	USA	Wild born	1993
Sundara	Female		Chester Zoo	UK
Sundara			Columbus Zoo and Aquarium	USA
Surapa			Audubon Zoo	USA
Sutton	Male	African	West Midland Safari Park	UK	Captive born	May 5, 2014	West Midland Safari Park, UK
Suzy	Female	Asian	Endangered Ark Foundation (circus)	USA
Stella			Disneys Animal Kingdom	USA
Tamani			Kansas City Zoo	USA
Tammi			Howletts Wild Animal Park	UK
Tang Mo	Female		Sydney Zoo	Australia
Tanya			Colchester Zoo	UK
Tanya	Female		Caldwell Zoo	USA	Wild born	1977
Tara	Female	Asian	Blackpool Zoo	UK	Captive born	Aug, 6 1998	Twycross Zoo, UK
Tara			Atlanta Zoo	USA
Targa	Female	Asian	Rosamond Gifford Zoo	USA
Tarli			Woburn Safari Park	UK
Tattoo			Kansas City Zoo	USA
Tava	Female		Winston Wildlife Safari	USA		1978
Teddy			Houston Zoo	USA
Tembo			Colchester Zoo	UK
Tembo			Cameron Park Waco Zoo	USA
Tembo			Topeka Zoo	USA		1971
Tenadji	Female		Dallas Zoo	USA			Hlane National Park
Tess			Houston Zoo	USA
Thai			Houston Zoo	USA
Thandi			Jacksonville Zoo	USA
Thong Dee			Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo	Australia
Timba	Female		Montgomery Zoo	USA
Tilly			Houston Zoo	USA
Tina			Busch Gardens	USA
Tina	Female		Montgomery Zoo	USA	Wild born	1984
Tina			Los Angeles Zoo	USA
Tombi	Female		Indianapolis zoo	USA	Wild born	1976
Tommy	Male		Endangered Ark Foundation (circus)	USA	Captive born	May 25, 1992
Tonji	Female		Montgomery Zoo	USA	Captive born	Nov 7, 2007
Tonga	Female		North Carolina Zoo	USA		1978
Tonka			Knoxville Zoo	USA
Tory			?			1963
Travis		Asian	Fort Worth Zoo	USA		Feb 23, 2023
Trong Nhi			Smithsonian’s National Zoo	USA
Tsuni	Female		International Conservation Center in Fairhope (zoo)	USA	Captive born	July 18, 2021
Tuffy			Maryland Zoo	USA
Tukada	Male	Asian	Rosamond Gifford Zoo	USA
Tucker			Houston Zoo	USA
Tupelo			Houston Zoo	USA
Tsavo			Disneys Animal Kingdom	USA
Twiggy	Female		Toledo Zoo	USA		1985
Uzuri			Howletts Wild Animal Park	UK
Vaigai			Honolulu Zoo	USA		Dec 12, 1985
Valerie	Female		Winston Wildlife Safari	USA		1982
Valentino	Male	Asian	Madrid Zoo (Casa de Campo)	Spain	Captive born	Sep 2, 2004	Taman Safari (Bogor Zoo), Indonesia
Valli			Skanda Vale Temple	UK
Vasha			Disneys Animal Kingdom	USA
Vera	Female	Asian	Madrid Zoo (Casa de Campo)	Spain	Captive born	Mar 21, 2017	Madrid Zoo (Casa de Campo), Spain
Vickie			George Carden Circus	USA
Widya	Female		Australia Zoo	Australia	Wild born		Sumatra
Whimpy	Female		Endangered Ark Foundation (circus)	USA	Wild born	1970
Willy	Male		Cleveland Metroparks Zoo	USA
Winnie			Houston Zoo	USA
Yaad	Male	Asian	Rosamond Gifford Zoo	USA
Yhetoo			Belfast Zoo	UK
Yu Zin	Female		Woburn Safari Park	UK
Zahara	Female	African	Indianapolis zoo	USA
Zina			Little Rock Zoological Gardens	USA
Zoe			Kansas City Zoo	USA
Zola			Colchester Zoo	UK
Zola			Dallas Zoo	USA			Hlane National Park
Zuri			Hogle Zoo	USA