Shona
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Boras Zoo in Sweden

Biography

☨ ♀ Shona

Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 14 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1990 wild
Birth place:	in Kruger National Park
Death
Dead:	†2004-12-08
Death reason:	euthanised: Positive Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) trunk-wash test
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 2003-03-29 (dead † 2004-12-09)	♀ Pili EEP id: 200302?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Boras Zoo, in Sweden

Date of arrival

1993-00-00	Boras Zoo from Kruger National Park

Record history
History of updates	2009-11-29:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Shona is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2004-12-08 at Boras Zoo, in Sweden, . Official death reason described as Positive Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) trunk-wash test.

Affiliated people

1: Dan Koehl (elephant keeper from 1997 to 1997 )

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

Origin

Shona was born wild 1990 at Kruger National Park.

Comments / pictures

2004: TBC positive with trunktest. Euthanized. Post mortem autopsy showed massive Pulmonary TB on post-mortem.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Shona, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Boras Zoo in Sweden. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 June 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=151. (archived at the Wayback machine)