Shannon
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Topeka Zoo in United States

† Shannon is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2017-12-11 at Topeka Zoo, in United States, .

Origin

Shannon was born wild 1980, captured 1982 .

2017-12-11. The 5,500-pound animal, was found lying on her side for the second day in a row. The Topeka Fire Department used straps and other equipment to lift her to an upright position, but the animal expired, the zoo announced in a tweet at 11:06 a.m.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article189178764.html
  
• https://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Shannon
  
• Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Shannon (Google Translated version)

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Topeka Zoo
• More elephants from: United States
• More elephants that was born: 1980
• More elephants that was captured: 1982
• More elephants that died: 2017-12-11
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

• Shannon at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
• Link to translated version with Google Translate

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