Sophie (Sandry)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Little Rock Zoological Gardens in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Sophie (Sandry)  dead elephant
Babe, Mandy Turnbull & Sophie. Niabi Zoo 02/2009. Photo: © Mandy Turnbull
Babe, Mandy Turnbull & Sophie. Niabi Zoo 02/2009. Photo: © Mandy Turnbull

Identification

SSP nr194

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 55 years old
Origin
Born:* 1969 wild
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead: 2024-11-02
Death reason: euthanised: pyometra; infection in the uterus
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Little Rock Zoological Gardens, in United States

Date of arrival

2013-10-21Little Rock Zoological Gardens
from Niabi Zoo

2003-03-08Niabi Zoo
from Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation

1999-00-00Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation
from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit)

1979-00-00Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit)
from Circus World (Polk City)

1974-02-04Circus World (Polk City)
from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit)

1972-00-00Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit) 1972-00-00
from Billy Smart Circus (William Smart Circus)

Record history
History of updates0000-00-00

Latest document update2024-11-03 16:00:35
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† Sophie (Sandry) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2024-11-02 at Little Rock Zoological Gardens, in United States, . Official death reason described as pyometra; infection in the uterus.

Origin

Sophie (Sandry) was born wild 1969 at Asia unspecified location.


Comments / pictures

In Feburary 1974, the first 17 elephants arrived at Circus World from Venice - Anna May, Peggy, Rose, Manja, Rebecca, Gilda, Carmen, Mudu, Zina, Tagu, Minyak, Mala, Sophie, Barbara, Babe, Josky and Hope.
In 1979, the Ringling Brothers presented the Blue Unit with the "Minyak Five" (Minyak, Mala, Barbara, Josky and Sophie) and the the "Center Ring Five" (Carmen, Zina, Peggy, Hugo and Gilda).
In 1986, the Ringling Brothers presented the Blue Unit with Siam, India, Calcutta, Jewel, Lucy, Betty, Rani, Suzanne, Jenny, Targa, Kernaudi, Roma, Putsie, Karen, Carmen, Sophie, Bonnie, Nicole, Icky and Alana (in order of seniority).
In November 2002, Kathy Sh-Boom was the oldest known captive elephant to have died from the Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpes virus, 30 months after Babe's arrival at the age of 40. After Kathy's death, Ringling donated another elephant to Niabi Zoo in March 2003, Sophie. Niabi Director Tom Stalf said it is assumed Kathy contracted the disease from Babe. Both Sophie and Babe were both later tested positive as carriers for the disease. They were selected for the RBBB's companionship program after a recommendation not to breed, due to Babe's ovarian cysts and Sophie's Arthritis.

I don't know when she came off the road but she was definitely at the CEC from 1999 until 2003 when she was given to the Naibi Zoo in Coal Valley, Ill. //Bob Cline


Contradictory records:

EEG claims she was born 1960 in an unknown country, before arrving at Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey in 1972.

2024-07-15: Sophie was diagnosed with pyometra more than seven years ago. Most elephants survive less than a year with the condition. In a show of strength and defiance, Sophie survived far longer than her average counterparts.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Sophie (Sandry), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Little Rock Zoological Gardens in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 3 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3066. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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