† Queenie is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1945-06-22 at Melbourne Zoo, in Australia, . Official death reason described as food shortage.
Queenie was born wild 1900.
The most famous elephant of the Royal Melbourne Zoological Park, Queenie, arrived in 1902 and gave rides for more than forty years until she killed a keeper in 1944 (possibly by accident). The following year she was put down by zoo management due to a food shortage stemming from World War II. In 1962, the zoo discontinued elephant rides. Her story is recounted in Corinne Fentons 2006 childrens book "Queenie: One Elephants Story." Presented by FS Grimwade.
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