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Sam (Sammy) — Fort Worth Zoo | mahoot

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Sam (Sammy)

Fort Worth Zoo · United States

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Life history

Born: 1967
Death reason: anesthesia:
Age (est.): ~22 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1986-03-20

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Fort Worth Zoo

United States · Zoo

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Transfer history

1986-03-20
Fort Worth Zoo
from Lion Country Safari, Inc - Grand Prairie

Sources

Ryan Easley

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

Data from elephant.se (Dan A. J. Koehl), CC BY 4.0. Reformatted for search.