Billie
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES) in United States

♀ Billie
Alternative name:	Billy

Identification

SSP nr	290

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 60 years old
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 1962 wild
Birth place:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES), in United States

Date of arrival

2006-02-09	Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES) from Hawthorn Corporation

1971-00-00	Hawthorn Corporation from Southwick Animal Farms, Inc

Record history
History of updates	2009-11-26: Previous locations, Birth, Name, SSP, Management 2012-03-14: removed note as mankiller 2012-03-14: bought from Southwicks, according to Buckles. 2021-07-04: corrected birth year, 1962 according to SSP studbook.

Latest document update	2021-07-04 14:46:26
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Biography

Location

Billie is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES), in United States.

Billie arrived in 2006-02-09 to the Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES), relocated from the Hawthorn Corporation, in United States.

Billie lives together with 8 other elephants at the Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES):

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Billie was born wild 1962.

Comments / pictures

1993: Attacked elephants trainer Roy Wells twice, and was "retired/hands off" after the second attempt in 1993.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Billie, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 January 2022 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1474. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Links

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