Shani an Asian elephant at Houston Zoo

☨ ♀ Shani
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ < 1, unknown age
Id number	SSP Number: (143)
Origin
Born:	* 1983-04-21 captive-born
Birth place:	in Houston Zoo

Parents:	♂ Thai (Thailand) x ♀ Indu
Death
Dead date:	† 1983-05-17
Death reason:	disease: anorexia, bottle feed formula intolerance
Locations
Present / last location:	Houston Zoo, in United States

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

1983-04-21	Houston Zoo

Document updated	2010-12-30: Name, Cause of death, Text RE 2011-11-14: changed cause of death
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Description

† Shani is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant, (Elephas maximus), who died at Houston Zoo, in United States, of disease in 1983-05-17. Official death reason described as anorexia, bottle feed formula intolerance. (see detailed list).

Origin

Shani was born captive-born 1983-04-21 at Houston Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Shani are: ♂ Thai (Thailand) (father) and ♀ Indu (mother).

Siblings through the father Thai (Thailand):

(F) stillborn
1984-02-01 -- † 1988-08-26 (M) Bopper (Beau Thai)
1984-12-18 -- † 1984-12-18 (F) stillborn
1987-12-31 -- † 1998-08-30 (M) Kiba
1988-12-07 -- † 1991-09-02 (F) Pearl
1991-07-17 -- † 2004-09-05 (F) Kimba
1991-10-25 -- † 1991-10-25 (F) stillborn
1993-07-27 -- † 1993-07-27 () stillborn
1993-12-29 -- † 2000-01-01 (F) Singgah
1995-07-28 -- † 1995-07-28 () stillborn
2003-12-28 -- † 2003-12-29 (F) none
2004-08-17 -- † 2005-04-15 (F) Bella
2006-10-01 -- † 2008-11-09 (M) Mac
2010-05-04(M) Baylor
2010-10-03(F) Tupelo
2014-02-08(M) Duncan
2014-06-30 -- † 2014-06-30 () fetus (twin)
2014-06-30 -- † 2014-06-30 () fetus (twin)
2018-06-17(F) Tilly

Siblings through the mother Indu:

(F) stillborn
1984-12-18 - † 1984-12-18 (F) stillborn
1988-12-07 - † 1991-09-02 (F) Pearl
1991-10-25 - † 1991-10-25 (F) stillborn
1993-07-27 - † 1993-07-27 () stillborn
1995-07-28 - † 1995-07-28 () stillborn

Pedigree

**Shanis pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Shani	Sire: Thai (Thailand)	Sire:	Sire:
		Sire:	Dame:
		Dame:	Sire:
		Dame:	Dame:
	Dame: Indu	Sire:	Sire:
		Sire:	Dame:
		Dame:	Sire:
		Dame:	Dame:

Comments / pictures

Shani was 26 days old when she died.

She was born after a lengthy, anterior presentation, labor. Attacked by the mother and he had a swollen tongue and abscessed jaw. Attempts was made to bottle feed him, but formula intolerance (complicated by GI mucosa that was compromised by hypoxia during delivery) finally resulted in his death.

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Shani, an Asian at Houston Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 26 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1141. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

"Table 4: Captive Elephants 1988-1999 and Additions to 1980-1988 Records," Elephant: The Publication of the Elephant Research Foundation, Vol 2 No 4, January 2000. p 65-71

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This document was updated: 2020-10-18 06:25:24