Sheena
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
African Lion Safari (Ontario) in Canada

Biography

☨ ♀ Sheena
Sheena the performing elephant, with Suzie the chimp, 1960s. Color postcard from Delcampe.net.

Identification

SSP nr	431

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies:	Elephas maximus indicus
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* unknown
Birth place:	in Thailand unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1986-01-17
Death reason:	: heart failure
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	African Lion Safari (Ontario), in Canada

Date of arrival

1985-05-09	African Lion Safari (Ontario) from Lowry Park Zoo

1960-12-00	Lowry Park Zoo from Miami Rare Bird Farm (Alton Freeman)

1960-12-00	Miami Rare Bird Farm (Alton Freeman) from Tampa International Airport

1960-12-00	Tampa International Airport from Thailand unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2025-04-08

Latest document update	2022-03-07 10:24:20
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† Sheena is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1986-01-17 at African Lion Safari (Ontario), in Canada, . Official death reason described as heart failure.

Origin

Comments / pictures

Sheena was donated to the Lowry zoo in 1961 by the Park’s namesake, General Sumter L. Lowry, Jr.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Sheena, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at African Lion Safari (Ontario) in Canada. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 January 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10686. (archived at the Wayback machine)