Shoney
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Bucky Steele in United States

Biography

☨ ♂ Shoney

Alternative name:	Shoni, Showney, Shoshani

Identification

SSP nr	266

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 2 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1981-10-22 captive-born
Birth place:	in Bucky Steele

Parents:	♂ Buke x ♀ Whimpy
Death
Dead:	†1983-05-01
Death reason:	disease: herpes virus?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Bucky Steele, in United States

Date of arrival

1981-10-22	Bucky Steele
Record history
History of updates	2009-01-30: SSP, Death RE 2012-05-16: Birth, Previous locations, Text RE 2018-03-04: Text, corrected birth year 2018-12-01: herpes?

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Shoney is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1983-05-01 at Bucky Steele, in United States, . Official death reason described as herpes virus?.

Origin

Shoney was born captive-born 1981-10-22 at Bucky Steele.

Parentage

Parents of Shoney are: ♂ Buke (father) and ♀ Whimpy (mother).

Siblings through the father Buke:

1978 -- † 1978 (unknown) unknown
1978-02-01 -- † 1978-02-01 (M) stillborn
1991-04-04(M) Colonel Tusk (Boy)
1994-04-11 -- † 1994-04-11 (F) Maya
1996 -- † 1996-00-00 (F) stillborn
1998-09-06 -- † 2004-04-12 (F) Baby Jennie
1999-03 -- † 1999-03 (F) none
2003-08-20(M) Obert

Siblings through the mother Whimpy:

1991-04-04(M) Colonel Tusk (Boy)
1994-02-27(F) Natasha
2007-04-27(F) Val
2011-04-25(M) Hugo
2015-07-28(F) Dori Marie
2020-08-02(M) Cameron Lee

Pedigree

**Shoneys ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Shoney	Sire (f): Buke Born: 1969 2025-06	Sire ff: Born: 2025-06	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born: 2025-06	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born: 2025-06	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born: 2025-06	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Whimpy Born: 1970 2025-06	Sire mf: Born: 2025-06	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born: 2025-06	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born: 2025-06	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born: 2025-06	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

An Asiatic male elephant was born at Bucky Steele's facilities in Texas, at 5:55 a.m. on Oct. 22nd. The new arrival has been named "Showney" and is
1 68 IDS and 34 3/i in. high. His parents are Wimpey and Buke

Circus report 44, November 2, 1981

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Shoney, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Bucky Steele in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 15 June 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1767. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
Article and Image at ShowMe Elephants: "Endangered Ark Foundation - Breeding Program," 05/16/2012
https://classic.circushistory.org/Publications/CircusReport02Nov1981.pdf

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