Lucy (Skanik)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Valley Zoo, Edmonton in Canada

Biography
♀ Lucy (Skanik)
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The day elephant.se�s reporter is on a visit at this Edmonton zoo, Asian elephant Lucy is out for a stroll with her keepers. The few visiting children on this sleepy winter zoo-day are following beh

Identification

SSP nr314

Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 51 years old
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 1975 wild
Birth place:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Valley Zoo, Edmonton, in Canada

Date of arrival

1988-04-20Valley Zoo, Edmonton
from Calgary Zoo

1987-09-16Calgary Zoo
from Valley Zoo, Edmonton

1987-04-23Valley Zoo, Edmonton
from Calgary Zoo

1986-10-06Calgary Zoo
from Valley Zoo, Edmonton

1977-05-19Valley Zoo, Edmonton
from Dehiwela Zoo

Record history
History of updates2009-11-26: Previous locations, Birth, SSP
2017-03-11: links

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24

Biography


Lucy (Skanik) is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Valley Zoo, Edmonton, in Canada.

Lucy (Skanik) arrived in 1988-04-20 to the Valley Zoo, Edmonton, relocated from the Calgary Zoo, in Canada.


Social

In Valley Zoo, Edmonton, Lucy (Skanik) lives as single living elephant at this location



Origin

Lucy (Skanik) was born wild 1975.


Comments / pictures

Lucy 28, arrived as Orphan only about one year old to Edmonton. She has arthritis, but does ok with her medicines. She is well behaved and participates in stimulating activities once or twice a day. Lucy paints on a regularly basis and her pictures are at show in Edmonton.

The North American Regional Studbook for the Asian Elephant names her as "Skanik."



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References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Lucy (Skanik), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Valley Zoo, Edmonton in Canada. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 April 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=111. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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