Skip to content

Sanctuaries Camps Elephants Countries Corridors Range Map Field Notes About

mahoot

A resource for people who love Asian elephants — where to visit, what to know about mahout culture, wild corridors, and field notes from across Asia.

Explore

Sanctuaries
Camps
Elephant Database
Countries
Wild Corridors
Range Map
Field Notes

About

About
Support Corridors

© 2026 mahoot. All rights reserved.

Revered across Asia. Respected in context.

Bamboo — Oklahoma City Zoo | mahoot

Database
/United States
/Oklahoma City Zoo
/Bamboo

LivingAsian elephantZoo

Bamboo

Oklahoma City Zoo · United States

Sign in to contribute

Record completeness

9 of 15 key fields populated

60%

Help improve this record — add a photo or suggest a correction.

Life history

Born: 1966-11-00
Birth place: in Thailand unspecified location
Death reason: unknown: declining health from age-related issues.
Age (est.): ~56 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 2015-05-00

At this facility

Oklahoma City Zoo

United States · Zoo

Camp profile →View herd →

Transfer history

2015-05-00
Oklahoma City Zoo
from Seattle Zoo (Woodland Park Zoo)
2006-06-11
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
from Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
2005-08-25
Seattle Zoo (Woodland Park Zoo)
from Seattle Zoo (Woodland Park Zoo)
1968-01-01
Elephant Mountain (Morgan Berry)
from Elephant Mountain (Morgan Berry)

Sources

Brittany Anderson
Ryan Easley, USA
<a href="http://www.jphpk.gov.my/English/Aug05%2015g.htm">"Seattle Transferring Ill-tempered Elephant," jphpk.gov.my, 2005-08-13</a>
<a href="http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=1105">"Dont be bamboozled by anti-zoo animal rights activists," Elephant-News.com, 006-07-21</a>
https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-city-zoo-elephant-bamboo-euthanized/41967240

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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